Johannes van Mildert [SEP] place of death
Johannes van Mildert
Johannes van Mildert or Hans van Mildert (alternative names: Joannes van Mildert, Johannes Van Milder, and nickname "den Duyts") (Königsberg, 1588 – Antwerp, 1638) was a Flemish sculptor, who is best known for his baroque sculptures found in many Belgian and Dutch churches.
Life.
Johannes van Mildert was the son of the Antwerp painter Anthoon van Mildert (d. 1597) who had migrated to Königsberg. He was probably the pupil of Willem van den Blocke, another Fleming
, continued by his pupil Sebastiaan de Neve and completed by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit de Elder in 1728. A typical rubensian motif are the dozens of miniature putti and cherubs on the ascending branches of vegetal, Marian symbols on the twisted marble columns. The painting "Adoration of the shepherds" by Rubens forms the altar piece. The Maria Chapel also contains a white marble sculpture of "Our Lady of Sorrows" by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit de Elder.
The church holds elaborate tomb monuments attributed to Johannes van Mildert, Pieter