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Lucas Faydherbe (also spelled Lucas Faijdherbe; he signed as Lucas Fayd'herbe) (Mechelen, 19 January 1617 – Mechelen, 31 December 1697) [1] was a Flemish sculptor and architect who played a major role in the development of the High Baroque in the Southern Netherlands.
Court of Savoy, rear façade on Keizerstraat and (here darker) side at Korte Maagdenstraat Inner courtyard of Margaret of Austria's Palace. The Hof van Savoye (Court of Savoy) or Palace of Margaret of Austria is an early 16th-century building in Mechelen, Belgium.
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Detail of pulpit in the St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen. Michiel van der Voort the Elder, Michiel van der Voort (I) or Michiel Vervoort the Elder, nickname Welgemaeckt (Antwerp, 3 January 1667 – Antwerp, buried on 8 December 1737) was a Flemish sculptor and draftsman, who is best known for the Baroque church furniture which he made for the principal churches in Flanders. [1]
The architect was Lucas Faydherbe, a native of Mechelen and a nephew of Lucas Franchoys the Younger, who had studied with Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. [3] The foundation stone was laid in 1662. Construction was delayed on multiple occasions, because the façade tilted dangerously forward. In 1664, the façade was demolished and rebuilt.
Lambert de Vos (fl 1563 – 1574) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman from Mechelen who travelled to Constantinople to work for the diplomatic mission of the Habsburg Empire. [1] Here he made a number of drawings of the various local costumes and some of the architectural sights.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, born in Ghent, and brought up in Mechelen until age 17 (1500–1558) Anne Boleyn, future wife of English King Henry VIII (1504–1536). [3] John Clement, English humanist, tutor of Thomas More's children (16th century) [4] [5] Viglius, statesman and jurist (1507–1577) Johannes Secundus, Neo-Latin poet (1511–1536)
The Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House) of Mechelen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, is a building where the city's aldermen held their meetings in the Middle Ages.It is located on the edge of the Grote Markt (main square), between the latter and the IJzerenleen and is considered the first stone 'town hall' of Flanders.