Lot 152: Laurys Gillis (b. 1688) Flemish, Antwerp, 18th century , Two stone putti

signed and dated L.Gillis 1743

measurements note 80cm., 31 ½in.

Laurys Gilles (or Gillis) was a Flemish sculptor active in Antwerp. He was a student of Michel Van der Voort I, whose influence is evident in the present work. Gilles became a master sculptor in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke 1721. His marble Saint John survives in the Church of Saint Jacques, Antwerp.

RELATED LITERATURE
M. E. Tralbaut, De amors en putti, serafijnen an cherubijnen van Michiel van der Voort de Oude. (Antwerp and Utrecht, 1946); M. E. Tralbaut, La Sculpture au siècle de Rubens exh. cat. (Brussels, Musées Royaux 1977), pp. 219-42; Benezit, vol. 6, 119.