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(1) Ignatius van Logteren
(b Amsterdam, bapt 7 June 1685; d Amsterdam, bur 4 Nov 1732). He was the son of a painter, Jan van Logteren ( fl c. 1685–c. 1709), and trained with his father and possibly with Johannes Blommendael; he submitted his masterpiece in 1709. He worked in marble, sandstone, stucco, terracotta, palmwood and oak and was primarily known as ‘statuarius’, executing sculptures for country houses and gardens in the neighbourhood of Amsterdam. He also produced a considerable amount of architectural sculpture and made decoration for interiors, collaborating with the architects Daniel Marot I and Coulon. His style developed from that of Artus Quellinus (i) and Rombout Verhulst but was also influenced by some of the more recent developments in Italy, France and Flanders; it is characterized by classicism, combined with a strongly personal and harmonious lyricism. Van Logteren’s works in Amsterdam include the sandstone fountain at the Frankendaal house (1714); the façade (1717) of Herengracht 539; and the cornice and staircase (1731) of Herengracht 476. He also executed the exterior and interior of ‘Beeckestijn’ (1718) in Velsen, near Haarlem. His statue of Flora (marble, 1717) is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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