Lucas Faidherbe

Lucas Faidherbe
Gonzales Coques, Public domain

(1617–1697) Flemish sculptor and architect (1617–1697)

Lucas Faidherbe (1617–1697) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Lucas Faidherbe belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Lucas Faidherbe was born in Mechelen and died in Mechelen. The teachers included Hendrik Faydherbe and Peter Paul Rubens. Wikidata associates Lucas Faidherbe with Baroque.

The best-known works include ‘Church of St. John the Baptist at the Béguinage’ and ‘Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon’. The catalogue has 4 works by Lucas Faidherbe with free images. The dated works span the years 1600–1700. Works by Lucas Faidherbe are held by Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Collection Van Herck, and Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Goedart, Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach, Paolo Porpora, Ambrosius Brueghel, and Evaristo Baschenis.