Peter Scheemakers
18th century London-based Flemish-born sculptor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Scheemakers or Pieter Scheemaeckers II or the Younger (10 January 1691 – 12 September 1781)[1] was a Flemish sculptor who worked for most of his life in London. His public and church sculptures in a classicist style had an important influence on the development of modern sculpture in England.[2]
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Peter Scheemakers | |
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Born | 1691, Antwerp |
Died | 12 September 1781(1781-09-12) (aged 90), Antwerp |
Nationality | Flemish |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Tomb monuments and garden statuary |
Patron(s) | William Kent |
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Scheemakers is perhaps best known for executing the William Kent-designed memorial to William Shakespeare which was erected in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1740,[3] as well as that to John Dryden in the same church.[4]