Philippe de Buyster

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Philippe de Buyster (1595 – 1688), was a Flemish-French sculptor.

Biography

He was born in Antwerp and became a pupil of Gillis van Papenhoven.^[1] He moved to Paris in 1620, where in 1632 he became 'Sculpteur ordinaire du Roi' and lived to a great age.^[1] He worked on numerous funeral monuments and decorations for the Royal court, often collaborating with Jacques Sarazin. His widow remarried the painter Pieter Rijsbrack, and her son John Michael Rysbrack also later became a sculptor.^[1] He is known for mythological subjects.^[1]

He died in Paris.

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Philippe de Buyster in the RKD

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Name	Buyster, Philippe de
Alternative names	Philip van Buyster
Short description	Flemish-French sculptor
Date of birth	1595
Place of birth	Antwerp
Date of death	1688
Place of death	Paris

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