Rombout Verhulst worked in  which location from 1664 to 1698?
Rombout Verhulst Rombout Verhulst ( 15 January 1624 – buried 27 November 1698 ) was a Flemish sculptor and draughtsman who spent most of his career in the Dutch Republic . There he helped introduce the Baroque style in sculpture while becoming the leading sculptor of marble monuments , including funerary monuments , garden figures and portraits . Life . Rombout Verhulst was born in Mechelen , where he studied with the sculptors Rombout Verstappen en Frans van Loo and possibly also Lucas Faydherbe . It is assumed that between 1646 and 1654 he made a trip to Italy . In 1646 he moved to Amsterdam , where he worked under the Flemish sculptor Artus Quellinus on the decoration of the new town hall . His independent position among Quellinus co-workers is apparent from the fact that he was the only one to individually sign works in this project . At the Amsterdam town hall , he is known to have executed the reliefs of Venus , Fidelity and Silence for the galleries and terracotta studies for the bronze doors of the Vierschaar . During the 1660s , Verhulst was able to rely on a network of private patrons in which the van Reygersbergh family played a pivotal role . In 1663 Verhulst completed a funeral monument for Maria van Reygersbergh in the church of Katwijk-Binnen . This was the first private commission for this type of work in the second half of the 17th century . His patronage shifted gradually from Amsterdam to The Hague . Around 1658 he moved to Leiden where he produced various sculptures for urban buildings and for tomb monuments . In 1663 he established himself in the Hague , where in 1668 he became a member of a guild . He died , aged 74 , in The Hague . He was the teacher of Jan Blommendael and Jan Ebbelaer . Work . Rombout Verhulst is best known for his many tomb monuments , but he made also portrait busts , garden sculptures and small-scale works in ivory . His portrait oeuvre is rather small , which demonstrates that there was only a limited market for portrait sculptures in the Dutch Republic . One of his best-known portraits is the marble bust of Jacob van Reygersbergh dated 1671 , now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles . A terracotta study for this work is in the Rijksmuseum and it differs from the marble version only in details . This portrait bust shows Verhulsts virtuosity and the naturalism of his style . He removed any tendency to idealize the sitter in this work . In his terracotta portraits he was able to create a living presence through his sensitive handling of the physiognomy and a correct evocation of the sitters personality . Verhulst is mainly remembered for this many tomb monuments for private and public patrons . His funeral monument for Maria van Reygersbergh of 1663 established his reputation in this area with its new and imposing style . He made many church monuments erected to commemorate Dutch naval heroes . His chief work in this area ( though possibly not his most successful creation ) is the decorated tomb of the Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam . In addition to the monumental commissions he completed , Verhulst made small-scale ivory carvings , a specialty for which his home town Mechelen was particularly known . A small ivory Virgin and Child held in the Rijksmuseum shows his skill in this regard . He has carved the thick , wavy locks of hair of the chubby Christ Child and the heavy drapery with such realism that they appear almost tangible . Although his style was indebted to Artus Quellinus , he did not completely adopt Quellinus classicist tendencies . Verhulsts work is warmer in conception and executed with greater refinement and therein resembles more that of the Antwerp sculptors from the circle of Peter Paul Rubens , including Hans van Mildert and Lucas Faydherbe . His work was usually more realistic than that of Quellinus and is less dramatic . Selected works . - A Venus and the swan and portrayals of Modesty and Good Faith ( Getrouwheid ) ( Ca . 1654 ) In the galleries of the Amsterdam city hall in Amsterdam - The decorated tomb of Jan van Galen ( About 1655 ) In the New Church in Amsterdam . The design is by Artus Quellinus , the sea-battle scene ( zeeslag ) by Willem de Keyser . - The tomb of Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp ( Completed 1656 ) In the Oude Kerk in Delft . The design is probably by Jacob van Campen and the sea-battle scene by Willem de Keyser . - The sculpture at the Waag ( 1657 ) In Leiden - The relief , representing the plague in the form of a Fury ( 1660 ) , above the gate of the plague house in Leiden - The epitaph for Pieter van der Werff ( 1661 ) in the Hooglandse Church , Leiden - The lion above the gate at the base of the Burcht at Leiden ( 1662 ) - The decorated tomb for Willem van Lyere and Maria van Reigersberch , at the Dorpskerk at Katwijk aan den Rijn - The tomb for Johan Polyander Kerkhoven ( 1663 ) in the Pieterskerk , Leiden - The decorated tomb of Carel Hieronymus van In- and Kniphuisen ( 1665–69 ) in the church at Midwolde - The epitaph for Hendrick Thibaut and his wife and daughter ( 1669 ) in the church of Aagtekerke - The epitaph for schout-bij-nacht Willem van der Zaen ( 1670 ) in Amsterdam - The epitaph for Theodor Graswinckel ( 1670 ) in the Grote Kerk at the Hague - The epitaph for Johannes of Gheel ( ca . 1670 ) in the church at Spanbroek - The tomb for Adriaan Clant ( 1672 ) in the church at Stedum - The epitaph for Isaac Sweers ( 1674 ) in the Oude Kerk at Amsterdam - The tomb monument for Hieronymus Hieronymus van Tuyll van Serooskerken ( ca . 1675 ) in the church at Stavenisse - The decorated tomb for lieutenant-admiral Willem Joseph van Ghent ( 1676 ) in the Domkerk in Utrecht . - The tomb of Michiel de Ruyter ( completed 1681 ) in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam - The tomb monument for Johan and Cornelis Evertsen ( 1680–82 ) in the Wandelkerk in Middelburg Further reading . - Marinus van Notten : Rombout Verhulst , Beeldhouwer , 1624-1698 . Een Overzicht Zijner Werken . Den Haag 1907