Laurent Delvaux is one of our greatest sculptors of the 18th century. The way in which he approached the pulpit for the Jesuits' church, from which this marble comes, differs from the one he made for the Saint Bavo’s Cathedral. Here the sculptor only made the statue of Saint Lieven, without the rest of the pulpit which was made of mahogany. That work was entrusted to a specialist. The pose of the saint refers to the canvas by Rubens that adorned the main altar of the church. The play of draperies and the torsion of the saint's body show Baroque characteristics at a time when this style was being superseded by a new classicism that is also to be found in the artist's later work.
| Artist |
Laurent Delvaux
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| Title | Saint Livinus |
| Date | ca. 1750 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names): L. DELVAUX FECIT |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | marble (rock) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1886-B |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
1797 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1886-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H
saints
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11H(LIVINUS) the martyr bishop Livinus (Lebuin) of Ghent; possible attributes: tongue in pincers Iconclass 11P3113 archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic) Iconclass 11P31131 insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier Iconclass 11P3154 habit, frock Iconclass 11Q511 the Bible as a book Iconclass 11Q733 preaching (in general) Iconclass 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A2522 hands folded Iconclass 31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass 41D2652 lace Iconclass 49MM32 book - MM - book open Iconclass 54E42 Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Notice et description des tableaux et statues exposés au Muséum du Département de l'Escaut situé à Gand dans l'église de la ci-devant Abbaye St. Pierre + Plusieurs statues antiques et bustes, moulées en plâtre sur les originaux qui sont au Musée de Paris / Pierre François Antoine de Goesin-Verhaeghe. - A Gand : De l'Imprimerie de P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1802 (p. 13, nr. 20) |
| De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters van het begin der vijftiende eeuw tot heden / Joannes (Jr) Immerzeel. - Amsterdam : J.C. Van Kesteren, 1842-1843 (dl. I, p. 176) |
| 'Mémoires sur les sculpteurs et architectes des Pays-Bas, publiés par le baron / Philippe Baert. - Brussel : [s.n.] : 1848 (p. 147) |
| Les Eglises de Gand / Philippe Augustin Chrétien Kervyn de Volkaersbeke. - Gand : L. Hebbelynck, 1857-1858 (dl. II, p. 55) |
| Laurent Delvaux, sculpteur-statuaire / Edmond De Busscher. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (dl. XIII, p. 413) |
| Delvaux (Laurent) / Edmond De Busscher. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (kol. 500) |
| Laurent Delvaux (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Catalogue des oeuvres de Laurent Delvaux / Edmond Fiévet. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 108) |
| Sculpture et les Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'Orfèvrerie belges / Edmond Marchal. - Brussel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (kol. 519 en 522) |
| Delvaux Laurent / Georges Willame. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 42) |
| Laurent Delvaux : 1696-1778 / Georges Willame. - Bruxelles : G. Van Oest & Cie, 1914 (p. 79, nr. 231) |
| 'De la parenté d'inspiration des artistes flamands du XVIIe et du XVIIIe / Marguerite Devigne. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 11) |
| Catalogue du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, publié par les soins de la Commision directrice / Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Albert Dutry, Joseph Casier, Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1909 ; Gand : Ad. Hoste, 1909 (p. 94) |
| 'Les Eglises de Gand, I-II', in : Ars Belgica, deel VII en VIII, Brussel, / B. Verhaegen. - Brussel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (ill. 35, nr. 54 en 55) |
| 'Florilège du XVIIIe siècle', in : La Wallonnie. Le Pays et les Hommes. - Brussel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (deel II, 1978, p. 244) |
| 'Liste des principaux ouvrages de Laurent Delvaux', in : Rif tout Dju / Roger van Pethegem. - Nijvel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (p. 18) |
| 'Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen. Kanton Gent I', in : Fotorepertorium van het / Hugonne Verschraegen. - Brussel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (p. 121) |
| Laurent Delvaux : Gand, 1696 - Nivelles, 1778 / Alain Jacobs, Denis Coekelberghs, Pierre Loze. - Paris : Arthena, 1999 (p. 356-357, nr. 139) |
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