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{{Short description|Flemish sculptor and medalist}}
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'''Mattheus van Beveren''' (alternative names: Mathieu Van Beveren, Mathieu Beveren, Matthieu Beveren) (c. 1630, [[Antwerp]] – after 21 January 1696, [[Brussels]]) was a [[Southern Netherlands|Flemish]] [[sculptor]] en [[medalist]] who is mainly known for his monumental [[Baroque]] church sculptures and small wood and ivory sculptures.
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[[File:Église du Sablon - Brussels - Sculpture - 2043-0007-0.jpg|thumb|280px|''Virtue, Fame and Time'', funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis]]

'''Mattheus van Beveren'''<ref>Also known as: Matthys van Beveren, Mathieu van Beveren</ref> (1635 or 1636, [[Antwerp]] – after 21 January 1696, [[Brussels]]) was a [[Southern Netherlands|Flemish]] sculptor and [[medalist]] who is mainly known for his monumental [[Baroque]] church sculptures and small wood and ivory sculptures.<ref name=rkd>[http://explore.rkd.nl/explore/artists/204525 Mattheus van Beveren] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> He also made medals and die designs for the Antwerp Mint.<ref name=ox>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T008544 Cynthia Lawrence. "Beveren, Mattheus van."] Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 February 2021</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Details about his life are scarce. He likely trained with the Antwerp sculptor [[Pieter Verbrugghen I]].<ref name=ox>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T008544 Cynthia Lawrence. "Beveren, Mattheus van."] Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 17 Feb. 2014</ref> He joined the Antwerp [[Guild of St. Luke]] in 1649/50.<ref name=rkd>[http://explore.rkd.nl/explore/artists/204525 Biographical details] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]] {{link language|nl|Middle Dutch}}</ref> He was the mint superintendent of Antwerp in the 1670s and 80s.
Details about his life are scarce. It is believed that he was born in 1635 or 1636 as on 27 March 1686, he testified and declared to be 50 years old.<ref name=felix>Godelieve van Hemeldonck, ''Kunst en kunstenaars'', s.p.: s.n. (2007), type script kept in the Felixarchief in Antwerp, B- 616 {{in lang|nl}}</ref> He likely trained with the Antwerp sculptor [[Pieter Verbrugghen I]].<ref name=ox/> He joined the Antwerp [[Guild of St. Luke]] in the guild year 1649/50. He was treasurer of the Guild in the 1660s and 1670s.<ref name=rkd/> He was the mint superintendent of Antwerp in the 1670s and 80s.
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[[File:Gent Sint-Niklaaskerk-PM 45063.jpg|thumb|280px|left|''St Nicholas with children in a tub flanked by angels'', main altar, [[Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent]]]]


He married Suzanna Dooms, by whom he had a son named Judocus and a daughter named Catherina who married the flower [[still life]] painter [[Nicolaes van Verendael]].<ref name=rkd/><ref name=bnb>[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Biographie_nationale_de_Belgique/Tome_2/BEVEREN,_Mathieu_VAN Biographical details] at the [[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]] {{link language|fr|French}}</ref>
He married Cathlijne van Hoeck or van Haecken. He fell seriously ill in 1653 and made his will on 8 November 1653. He survived but his wife died. He married a second time in 1658. With his second wife Suzanna Dooms he had 2 daughters, Catharina and Anna Maria, and two sons, Judocus and Mattheus II, who both became sculptors.<ref name=felix/> Catharina married the flower [[still life]] painter [[Nicolaes van Verendael]].<ref name=rkd/><ref name=bnb>[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Biographie_nationale_de_Belgique/Tome_2/BEVEREN,_Mathieu_VAN Biographical details] at the [[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

Mattheus van Beveren ran a large sculpture workshop with a significant output. Mattheus van Beveren was highly recognized for his artistic work and contributions as an instructor.<ref name=iv>[http://www.ivoryexperts.com/artists/beveren.html Mattheus van Beveren (1630-1690) Flemish Ivory Carver] at Ivory Experts</ref> He trained Jan Baptist Santvoort.<ref name=rkd/>


Mattheus van Beveren ran a large sculpture workshop with a significant output. In 1656 he was commissioned to remodel the house 'De Cijferboeck' in the Kerkhofstraat in Antwerp. This house was the residence of Frans de Bie the Elder, the father of the painter [[Erasmus de Bie]].<ref name=rkd/> He was highly recognized for his artistic work and contributions as an instructor.<ref name=iv>[http://www.ivoryexperts.com/artists/beveren.html Mattheus van Beveren (1630–1690) Flemish Ivory Carver] at Ivory Experts</ref> He trained various pupils including Jan Baptist Santvoort, Anthoni de Winter, Jan Baptist Doms, Peeter Libot, Petrus Bouttats<ref name=rkd/> and Jean Cox.<ref>{{cite book |last= de La Tullaye|first= Christophe|date= 2022|title= Un sculpteur flamand à [[La Chaise-Dieu]] : Jean Cox (c. 1653-1723), in Cahiers de la Haute-Loire 2022|url= |location= Le Puy-en-Velay|publisher= Cahiers de la Haute-Loire|page= |isbn=}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
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==Work==
==Work==
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Van Beveren was a versatile artist in terms of the subject range of his sculptures as well as the materials in which he worked. He executed monumental works in marble, stone and wood as well as small-scale works in wood, ivory and terracota. He further was a medalist and produced designs for dies for the Antwerp Mint.<ref name=ox/> Van Beveren's style combines the [[classicism|classicist]] tendency of the Brussels sculptors [[Jerôme Duquesnoy (I)]] and his son [[François Duquesnoy]] with the baroque realism of his Antwerp contemporaries [[Pieter Verbrugghen II]] and Artus Quellinus the Younger who were more influenced by the style of [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]].<ref name=ox/>
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[[File:Église du Sablon - Brussels - Sculpture - 2043-0007-0.jpg|thumb| Allegorical figures representing ''Virtue, Fame and Time'', funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis]]
[[File:Cupid on a lion MET DP141867.jpg|thumb|220px|left|''Cupid on a lion'']]
Van Beveren was a versatile artist in terms of the subject range of his sculptures as well as the materials in which he worked. He executed monumental works in marble, stone and wood as well as small-scale works in wood, ivory and terracota. He further was a medalist and produced designs for dies for the Antwerp Mint.<ref name=ox/>

His subject matter was mainly religious but he also worked on portraits and allegorical subjects. An example of the latter is the group of allegorical figures representing ''Virtue, Fame and Time'' created for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thorn and Taxis (in the [[Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church]] in Brussels) of which a terracotta model is kept at the [[Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium]] in Brussels.<ref>[http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/mattheus-van-beveren-grafmonument-van-lamoral-ii-claudius-frans-graaf-van-thurn-und-taxis?string=van+beveren Terracotta model of ''Virtue, Fame and Time''] created for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium</ref><ref>[http://www.wga.hu/html_m/b/beveren/lamoral.html Funeral Monument of Lamoral]</ref>
His subject matter was mainly religious but he also worked on portraits and allegorical subjects. An example of the latter is the group of allegorical figures representing ''Virtue, Fame and Time'' created for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thorn and Taxis (in the [[Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church]] in Brussels) of which a terracotta model is kept at the [[Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium]] in Brussels.<ref>[http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/mattheus-van-beveren-grafmonument-van-lamoral-ii-claudius-frans-graaf-van-thurn-und-taxis?string=van+beveren Terracotta model of ''Virtue, Fame and Time''] created for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium</ref><ref>[http://www.wga.hu/html_m/b/beveren/lamoral.html Funeral Monument of Lamoral]</ref>


He executed the main altar in the St Nicholas Church in Ghent.<ref>[http://home.scarlet.be/~par2108/NL_hoogaltaar.html Main altar] in the St Nicholas Church in Ghent {{link language|nl|Middle Dutch}}</ref> He collaborated with some of the leading Flemish sculptors in the execution of large religious sculptures. He assisted [[Lucas Faydherbe]] with the painted wood and stone high altar in the [[St Rumbold's Cathedral]] in [[Mechelen]].<ref name=ox/> He made an ''Angel throne'' for the [[Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)|Antwerp Cathedral]] {1659-1660} after a design by Artus Quellinus the Younger.<ref>[http://www.dekathedraal.be/en/kunstschat/ks_5.htm ‘Angel-throne’ in gilt and silvered wood]</ref>
He executed the main altar in the St Nicholas Church in Ghent.<ref>[http://home.scarlet.be/~par2108/NL_hoogaltaar.html Main altar] in the St Nicholas Church in Ghent {{in lang|nl}}</ref> He collaborated with some of the leading Flemish sculptors in the execution of large religious sculptures. He assisted [[Lucas Faydherbe]] with the painted wood and stone high altar in the [[St Rumbold's Cathedral]] in [[Mechelen]].<ref name=ox/> He made an ''Angel throne'' for the [[Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)|Antwerp Cathedral]] (1659–1660) after a design by [[Artus Quellinus II|Artus Quellinus the Younger]].<ref>[http://www.dekathedraal.be/en/kunstschat/ks_5.htm ‘Angel-throne’ in gilt and silvered wood]</ref>


His large workshop and other contemporary artists produced numerous sculptures after his designs. The Brussels sculptor Jan Cosyns, for instance, sculpted the marble statues for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis after a design by van Beveren.<ref>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T019804J.-P. Esther. "Cosyns, Jan."] Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 4 Mar. 2014</ref>
His designs were used by his large workshop and other contemporary artists in the creation of numerous sculptures. The Brussels sculptor [[Jan Cosijn]], for instance, sculpted the marble statues for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis after a design by van Beveren.<ref>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T019804 J.-P. Esther. "Cosyns, Jan."] Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 Febr 2011</ref>
[[File:PM 127946 B Dendermonde.jpg|alt=Pulpit (Dendermonde)|thumb|170px|''Angels crushing an infidel'', pulpit, Church of Our Lady, [[Dendermonde]]]]
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Matheus van Beveren was known for his small-scale works, and in particular his ivory sculptures.<ref name=iv/> Beautiful examples are the ''Cupid on a lion'' in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and the ''Maria Apocalyptica'' in the [[Rijksmuseum]].<ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/206833 ''Cupid on a lion'' in the Metropolitan Museum of Art]</ref><ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/BK-1962-5 ''Maria Apocalyptica''] in the Rijksmuseum</ref> He and his workshop often used paintings by Rubens as models for numerous ivory crucifixes.<ref>[[Johan Decavele]], et al. [http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T007414pg10 "Belgium"]. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 Febr 2011</ref>


He also made medals, as shown by the terracotta model for a medallion with the portrait of [[Anthony van Dyck]]. He further made die designs for the Antwerp Mint.<ref name=ox/>
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Matheus van Beveren was known for his small-scale works, and in particularly his ivory sculptures.<ref name=iv/> Beautiful examples are the ''Cupid on a lion'' in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and the ''Maria Apocalyptica'' in the [[Rijksmuseum]].<ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/206833 ''Cupid on a lion'' in the Metropolitan Museum of Art]</ref><ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/BK-1962-5 ''Maria Apocalyptica''] in the Rijksmuseum</ref> He and his workshop often used paintings by Rubens as models for numerous ivory crucifixes.<ref>[http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T007414pg10 Johan Decavele, et al. "Belgium."] Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 4 Mar. 2014</ref>
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==Selected works==


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* 1665: Pillar monument of Gaspard Boest in the [[St. James' Church, Antwerp|St. James' Church]] in Antwerp.
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Van Beveren's style combines the [[classicism|classicist]] tendency of the Brussels sculptors [[Jerôme Duquesnoy (I)]] and his son [[François Duquesnoy]] with the baroque realism of his Antwerp contemporaries [[Pieter Verbrugghen II]] and Artus Quellinus the Younger who were more influenced by the style of [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]].<ref name=ox/>
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* 1677–1678: Main altar of the [[Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent|Saint Nicholas' Church]] in Ghent.

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==Selected works==
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* 1665: Pillar monument of Gaspard Boest in the Church of St. Jacob in Antwerp.
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* 1677-1678: Main altar of the Church of St. Nicolas in Ghent.
* 1678: Marble tomb monument for Lamoral Claude-François, Count of Thurn and Taxis in the Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church in Brussels.
* 1678: Marble tomb monument for Lamoral Claude-François, Count of Thurn and Taxis in the Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church in Brussels.
* 1680 ca.: Madonna and Child with Maria and St. John the Evangelist, ivory, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
* 1681-1684: Wooden pulpit of the Church of Our Lady in Dendermonde.
* 1681–1684: Wooden pulpit of the Church of Our Lady in [[Dendermonde]].
* Oak doors for the entrance to the Augustinian monastery in [[Tienen]].<ref>[http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/mattheus-van-beveren-de-engelenpoort-van-tienen?string=van+beveren Terracotta maquette of the oak doors for the entrance to the Augustinian monastery], Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels</ref>
* Oak doors for the entrance to the Augustinian monastery in [[Tienen]].<ref>[http://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/mattheus-van-beveren-de-engelenpoort-van-tienen?string=van+beveren Terracotta maquette of the oak doors for the entrance to the Augustinian monastery], Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels</ref>


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Virtue, Fame and Time, funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis

Mattheus van Beveren[1] (1635 or 1636, Antwerp – after 21 January 1696, Brussels) was a Flemish sculptor and medalist who is mainly known for his monumental Baroque church sculptures and small wood and ivory sculptures.[2] He also made medals and die designs for the Antwerp Mint.[3]

Life

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Details about his life are scarce. It is believed that he was born in 1635 or 1636 as on 27 March 1686, he testified and declared to be 50 years old.[4] He likely trained with the Antwerp sculptor Pieter Verbrugghen I.[3] He joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in the guild year 1649/50. He was treasurer of the Guild in the 1660s and 1670s.[2] He was the mint superintendent of Antwerp in the 1670s and 80s.

St Nicholas with children in a tub flanked by angels, main altar, Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent

He married Cathlijne van Hoeck or van Haecken. He fell seriously ill in 1653 and made his will on 8 November 1653. He survived but his wife died. He married a second time in 1658. With his second wife Suzanna Dooms he had 2 daughters, Catharina and Anna Maria, and two sons, Judocus and Mattheus II, who both became sculptors.[4] Catharina married the flower still life painter Nicolaes van Verendael.[2][5]

Mattheus van Beveren ran a large sculpture workshop with a significant output. In 1656 he was commissioned to remodel the house 'De Cijferboeck' in the Kerkhofstraat in Antwerp. This house was the residence of Frans de Bie the Elder, the father of the painter Erasmus de Bie.[2] He was highly recognized for his artistic work and contributions as an instructor.[6] He trained various pupils including Jan Baptist Santvoort, Anthoni de Winter, Jan Baptist Doms, Peeter Libot, Petrus Bouttats[2] and Jean Cox.[7]

Mary and John the Evangelist

Work

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Van Beveren was a versatile artist in terms of the subject range of his sculptures as well as the materials in which he worked. He executed monumental works in marble, stone and wood as well as small-scale works in wood, ivory and terracota. He further was a medalist and produced designs for dies for the Antwerp Mint.[3] Van Beveren's style combines the classicist tendency of the Brussels sculptors Jerôme Duquesnoy (I) and his son François Duquesnoy with the baroque realism of his Antwerp contemporaries Pieter Verbrugghen II and Artus Quellinus the Younger who were more influenced by the style of Rubens.[3]

Cupid on a lion

His subject matter was mainly religious but he also worked on portraits and allegorical subjects. An example of the latter is the group of allegorical figures representing Virtue, Fame and Time created for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thorn and Taxis (in the Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church in Brussels) of which a terracotta model is kept at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.[8][9]

He executed the main altar in the St Nicholas Church in Ghent.[10] He collaborated with some of the leading Flemish sculptors in the execution of large religious sculptures. He assisted Lucas Faydherbe with the painted wood and stone high altar in the St Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen.[3] He made an Angel throne for the Antwerp Cathedral (1659–1660) after a design by Artus Quellinus the Younger.[11]

His designs were used by his large workshop and other contemporary artists in the creation of numerous sculptures. The Brussels sculptor Jan Cosijn, for instance, sculpted the marble statues for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis after a design by van Beveren.[12]

Pulpit (Dendermonde)
Angels crushing an infidel, pulpit, Church of Our Lady, Dendermonde

Matheus van Beveren was known for his small-scale works, and in particular his ivory sculptures.[6] Beautiful examples are the Cupid on a lion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Maria Apocalyptica in the Rijksmuseum.[13][14] He and his workshop often used paintings by Rubens as models for numerous ivory crucifixes.[15]

He also made medals, as shown by the terracotta model for a medallion with the portrait of Anthony van Dyck. He further made die designs for the Antwerp Mint.[3]

Selected works

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  • 1665: Pillar monument of Gaspard Boest in the St. James' Church in Antwerp.
  • 1677–1678: Main altar of the Saint Nicholas' Church in Ghent.
  • 1678: Marble tomb monument for Lamoral Claude-François, Count of Thurn and Taxis in the Our Blessed Lady of Zavel Church in Brussels.
  • 1680 ca.: Madonna and Child with Maria and St. John the Evangelist, ivory, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
  • 1681–1684: Wooden pulpit of the Church of Our Lady in Dendermonde.
  • Oak doors for the entrance to the Augustinian monastery in Tienen.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Also known as: Matthys van Beveren, Mathieu van Beveren
  2. ^ a b c d e Mattheus van Beveren at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cynthia Lawrence. "Beveren, Mattheus van." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 February 2021
  4. ^ a b Godelieve van Hemeldonck, Kunst en kunstenaars, s.p.: s.n. (2007), type script kept in the Felixarchief in Antwerp, B- 616 (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Biographical details at the Biographie Nationale de Belgique (in French)
  6. ^ a b Mattheus van Beveren (1630–1690) Flemish Ivory Carver at Ivory Experts
  7. ^ de La Tullaye, Christophe (2022). Un sculpteur flamand à La Chaise-Dieu : Jean Cox (c. 1653-1723), in Cahiers de la Haute-Loire 2022. Le Puy-en-Velay: Cahiers de la Haute-Loire. (in French)
  8. ^ Terracotta model of Virtue, Fame and Time created for the funerary chapel of Duke Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
  9. ^ Funeral Monument of Lamoral
  10. ^ Main altar in the St Nicholas Church in Ghent (in Dutch)
  11. ^ ‘Angel-throne’ in gilt and silvered wood
  12. ^ J.-P. Esther. "Cosyns, Jan." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 Febr 2011
  13. ^ Cupid on a lion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  14. ^ Maria Apocalyptica in the Rijksmuseum
  15. ^ Johan Decavele, et al. "Belgium". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 24 Febr 2011
  16. ^ Terracotta maquette of the oak doors for the entrance to the Augustinian monastery, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
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