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(b. 1631, Hamoir, d. 1707, Liège)

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Jean Delcour (or Del Cour), Flemish sculptor. At the age of 15 he became a sculpture pupil in Liège of the Carthusian monk Robert Arnold Henrard (c. 1616-1676) who after living for a while in Rome, had introduced a style in Liège based on the classicism of François Duquesnoy. Henrard may have encouraged his pupil to go to Rome himself, to improve his skills. In the 1650s Delcour spent several years in Rome, where he was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He was back working in Liège by 1663, and would go on working there until his death, building up a lasting reputation as a gifted sculptor. He set up a workshop and sculpted wood, marble, and ivory for the wealthy leaders of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Delcour's master work is the Tomb of Bishop Eugenius-Albertus d'Allamont. It forms part of the monumental assemblage of episcopal tombs in the choir of Ghent Cathedral, deliberately and organically linked to the high altar in their layout, which had been started by Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger in 1651-54 with his Tomb of Bishop Triest. An altar from Delcour's hand in Cararra marble is now in the Virga Jesse Basilica in Hasselt that was originally commissioned for Herkenrode Abbey by the abbess there, Anna Catharina de Lamboy. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	D
Artist nationality	Flemish