Peter Scheemakers

Peter Scheemakers
Portrait of Scheemakers by Andreas Bernardus de Quertenmont
Born1691, Antwerp
Died12 September 1781(1781-09-12) (aged 90), Antwerp
NationalityFlemish
Known forSculpture
Notable workTomb monuments and garden statuary
Patron(s)William Kent

Peter Scheemakers or Pieter Scheemaeckers II or the Younger (10 January 1691 – 12 September 1781)[1] was a Flemish sculptor who worked for most of his life in London. His public and church sculptures in a classicist style had an important influence on the development of modern sculpture in England.[2]

Scheemakers is perhaps best known for executing the William Kent-designed memorial to William Shakespeare which was erected in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1740,[3] as well as that to John Dryden in the same church.[4]

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  2. ^ Peter Scheemakers at online Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. ^ "Poets' Corner: William Shakespeare". Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.
  4. ^ "John Dryden". Poets' Graves. Retrieved 22 October 2008.