( fl Brussels, c. 1400–20). South Netherlandish sculptor. He was one of the outstanding 15th-century Netherlandish sculptors and directed a large, influential workshop. Four major ensembles have been attributed to him: an altarpiece in St Salvator, Hakendover (Brabant; c. 1400–04); a series of archivolt prophets and historiated consoles from the Belfry portal of the Brussels Town Hall (1404–5; Brussels, Mus. Com.); a series of life-size Apostles (c. 1408–9) and a wall tabernacle (1409) in the choir of NOTRE-DAME-DE-HAL; and a Calvary altarpiece (c. 1410–15) in the Reinoldikirche, Dortmund (Westphalia).

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• Hakendover, Master of
  • attributions
    • Belgium, §IV, 2: Sculpture, c 1400–c 1550
    • Hal, Notre-Dame-de-
  • works
    • Gothic, §III, 1(v)(c): Stone sculpture in the Low Countries, 1350–1430
    • Gothic, §III, 2(ii)(c): Wood sculpture in the Low Countries, 1350–1430