Claus Sluter

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Claus Sluter was a pioneering late Gothic sculptor from the Low Countries, renowned for his highly naturalistic stone sculptures at the court of Burgundy in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

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instanceOf Gothic sculptor
Netherlandish artist
person
sculptor
activeIn Dijon
Duchy of Burgundy
artHistoricalSignificance key figure in transition from Gothic to Northern Renaissance
pioneer of sculptural naturalism in Northern Europe
artisticPeriod late Middle Ages
artMedium limestone
stone
basedIn Dijon
birthPlace County of Holland
Haarlem
citizenship County of Holland
countryOfOrigin Low Countries
employer Philip the Bold
floruit early 15th century
late 14th century
genre religious sculpture
hasWorkLocatedIn Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
influenced Netherlandish sculpture
Northern Renaissance sculpture
knownFor highly naturalistic sculpture
monumental stone figures
languageOfName Dutch
Middle Dutch
movement International Gothic
Late Gothic
name Claus Sluter
notableStudentOrAssistant Claus de Werve
notableWork Moses Well
Portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol
Portal sculptures of the Chartreuse de Champmol
Tomb of Philip the Bold
Well of Moses
occupation sculptor
partOf Burgundian court artists
patron Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
Philip the Bold
positionHeld chief sculptor at the Burgundian court
region Burgundy
style naturalism
subjectOf studies in Gothic sculpture
workLocation Chartreuse de Champmol
Dijon, Burgundy
linked to: Dijon

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Philip the Bold patronage Claus Sluter
Chartreuse de Champmol sculptureBy Claus Sluter
Claus Sluter name Claus Sluter