page_title: Artus Quellinus II
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Artus Quellinus II / Work
context_page_description: Artus Quellinus II or Artus Quellinus the Younger was a Flemish sculptor who played an important role in the evolution of Northern-European sculpture from High Baroque to Late Baroque.
context_section_description: Artus Quellinus II received many commissions in the Southern Netherlands as well as from other cultural centres of Europe, such as Copenhagen.
  Artus the Younger's style marked an evolution in Baroque sculpture in Flanders towards a more dramatic and expressive form.  This distinguishes him from his cousin Artus I who had worked in Rome in the workshop of François Duquesnoy and upon his return in Flanders in the 1640s had helped introduce the Baroque style developed by François Duquesnoy, which was based on classical sculpture. This style was less expressive than the Baroque style of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the main competitor of François Duquesnoy in Rome.
  Artus the Younger's emphasis on emotion reveals a link with the work of Bernini and Lucas Faydherbe (1617–1697), the leading sculptor from Mechelen who had trained with Peter Paul Rubens.  This is reflected in Artus Quellinus II's preference for graceful bodies, flowing draperies, hair that is tussled by the wind and fine facial expressions with little sense of realism.
  The influence of Bernini became more pronounced after 1670 when Artus the Younger's work acquired a distinctively expressive and heroic character.  This is apparent in the sculpture group of God the Father, in the St. Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges as well as in the Apotheosis of St. James in the St. James' Church in Antwerp. The twisted columns and the radial rays are borrowed directly from Bernini's Baldachin in the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Here Artus the Younger created a new type of altar: freestanding, circular and open on all sides.
  Artus Quellinus II also made a number of more contemplative figures. The statue of St. Rosa of Lima in St. Paul's Church in Antwerp is an example of Quellinus' more contemplative style and is regarded as one of the most beautiful sculptures from the Baroque in the Southern Netherlands.
caption: Tomb of bishop Ambrosius Capello in Antwerp Cathedral
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