Gert van Egen [SEP] date of death
Gert van Egen
Gert van Egen (I) (alternative names: Gert va Egerem, Gert van Eggernn) (Mechelen, c. 1550 – Elsinore, 1612) was a Flemish sculptor who became a sculptor working for the Royal Danish Court.
Life.
Little is known about his life. He was likely trained in Mechelen and was later a pupil or assistant in the Antwerp workshop of Cornelis Floris de Vriendt whose work was particularly popular in Northern Europe. He was part of a group of pupils and assistants of
to work for the Danish royal family.
Frederick II died in 1588 and a year later Gert van Egen was commissioned to make a monumental tomb of the king to be placed in Roskilde Cathedral. The initiative came from the deceased king's son Christian IV and widow, Dowager Queen Sophie.
Van Egen remained in the employ of the Danish court for the rest of his life and raised a family in Denmark.
Work.
Unlike some of his fellow Flemings working in the Baltic, van Egen not only worked