(b Uerdingen, nr Duisburg, 17 April 1775; d Cologne, 13 June 1849). German sculptor, wax modeller, draughtsman and painter. In Cologne he was a pupil of B. C. Hardy, from whom he learnt the art of modelling in wax. He subsequently travelled to northern Germany and the Netherlands, during which time he produced several wax models. In 1802 he settled in Amsterdam. As well as small wax reliefs of portraits in profile, he executed life-size busts. One of his best-known sitters was Louis, King of Holland and brother of Napoleon I, and several plaster casts (e.g. Leiden, Stedel. Mus. Lakenhal) were taken from the sculpture Hagbolt made of him (Haarlem, Pav. Welgelegen). In Amsterdam Hagbolt exhibited portrait sculptures and tableaux of historical and religious scenes (e.g. Christ Blessing the Little Children and Virgin and Child, both after paintings by van Dyck). After moving to London, he did numerous busts of such distinguished British contemporaries as the geographer and antiquary Major James Rennell (London, Westminster Abbey) and the medallist and wax modeller William Tassie (UK, priv. col.). Between 1826 and 1833 he exhibited at the Royal Academy and while in London he also drew and painted. In 1840 he returned to Cologne. His brother Ludwig Hagbolt (1784–1846) was also a wax modeller.