Claude Lamoureux
Claude Lamoureux | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1650 |
| Died | after 1699 |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Allegorical statues for the Equestrian statue of king Christian V, Copenhagen |
| Style | Baroque sculpture |
| Spouse | Anne Marie Pedersdatter Stephensen |
| Patron(s) | Christian V of Denmark |
Claude Lamoureux (c. 1650 – after 1699) was a French sculptor who worked in Sweden and in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] He is best known for assisting his brother with the creation of the first equestrian statue in northern Europe.
Life and work
[edit]The date and place of the birth of Claude Lamoureux are unknown. He was the younger brother of the sculptor Abraham-César Lamoureux,[2][3] and he had a younger sister Magdalena, who was born in Hamburg (Germany) around 1660.[4]
He probably came to Sweden with his stepfather Jean Baptiste Dieussart,[5] who in 1664 entered service with count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, the Lord High Chancellor of Sweden.[6] Lamoureux, like his brother, was probably an apprentice or assistant of his stepfather.[7]
In 1681, Lamoureux as well as his siblings and their families (his brother's family and his sister's husband, the Swedish sculptor and stonemason Johann Gustav Stockenberg)[2] moved to Copenhagen in Denmark, where his brother Abraham-César was employed as court sculptor for Christian V of Denmark.[3]
Around 1685, Lamoureux married Anne Marie Pedersdatter Stephensen, a local woman, with whom he had four known children between 1686 and 1698.[3] From 1686 he was employed as his brother's assistant, receiving an annual salary of 100 rigsdalers.[1][3] After his brother's death around April 1692 (Abraham-César was buried in Copenhagen's Trinitatis Church on 27 April 1692)[8] he completed his brother's work, adding four allegorical statues to the Pedestal of the Equestrian statue of Christian V in 1695.[1][9][10]
In 1699, Lamoureux left the service of the Danish court and was paid the expenses for leaving Denmark.[3] What became of him afterwards is unknown, as are the date and place of his death.
Known works
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- the four allegorical lead statues Wisdom (Minerva), Strength (Hercules), Heroism (Alexander the Great) and Honour (Artemisia) surrounding the pedestal of Equestrian statue of Christian V at Kongens Nytorv[1][9]
Literature
[edit]- Hans Vollmer [in German], ed. (1928), "Lamoureux, französ. Bildhauerfamilie", Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German), vol. 22, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, p. 270
- Philip Weilbach (1877), "L'Amoureux. Claude L'Amoureux", Dansk Konstnerlexikon (in Danish), Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Høst & Søn, p. 32
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Birgitte Bøggild Johannsen, "Claude Lamoureux", Kunstindeks Danmark: Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon (in Danish), Copenhagen: Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ a b Bertil Waldén [in Swedish] (1942), Nicolaes Millich och hans krets: studier i den karolinska barockens bildhuggarkonst (in Swedish), Stockholm: Saxon & Lindströms förlag
- ^ a b c d e Marius Audin [in French] (1912), "Histoire d'un tailleur d'images : François Lamoureux", Revue d'histoire de Lyon : études, documents, bibliographie (in French), Lyon: A. Rey, pp. 358–385
- ^ Emil Marquard (1925), "Abraham Cæsar Lamoureux", in Østifternes historisk-topografiske selskab (ed.), Fra arkiv og museum, Serie 2 (in Danish), Copenhagen: Arnold Busck, pp. 245–247, retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ Bertil Waldén (1945), "Jean Baptista Dieussart", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish), retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ Hahr, August [in Swedish] (1905), "Konst och konstnärer vid Magnus Gabriel de La Gardies hof: bidrag till den svenska konstforskningen", Skrifter utgivna av Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Uppsala (in Swedish), vol. IX, Uppsala: Akademiska Bokhandeln, retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ Henrik Cornell [in Swedish] (1966), Den svenska konstens historia. (in Swedish), vol. 1, Stockholm: Aldus/Bonnier
- ^ "Abraham César Lamoureux", Kunstindeks Danmark: Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon (in Danish), Copenhagen: Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ a b F.J. Meier (1887), "l'Amoureux Abraham César", in Carl Frederik Bricka (ed.), Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish), vol. I. BIND Aaberg - Beaumelle, Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, p. 196
- ^ Vagn Poulsen; Erik Lassen; Jan Danielsen, eds. (1973), "Abraham-César Lamoureux", Dansk kunsthistorie: Billedkunst og skulptur (in Danish), vol. 2, Copenhagen: Politikens Forlag, p. 311