page_title: Frans Langhemans
hierarchical_section_title: Frans Langhemans
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Neptune in Mechelen. The statue is also called Vadderik (lazy fat man). It is part of a water fountain erected in 1718. It was made by the sculptor Frans Langhmans, a sculptor from Mechelen, at the behest of the city council. The inscription reads SPQM or Senatus Populusque Mechliensis (the council and population of Mechlin). Nederlands: Neptunusbeeld dat in de volksmond Vadderik (of Vadsigaard) wordt genoemd. Het hoort bij een waterpomp die in 1718 in gebruik werd genomen. De Mechelse beeldhouwer Frans Langhmans maakte het in opdracht van het gemeentebestuur. Op het beeldhouwwerk staat geschreven&#160;: SPQM of Senatus Populusque Mechliensis, wat betekent bestuur en bevolking van Mechelen.
context_page_description: Frans Langhemans was a sculptor from Mechelen.
  Studied the Baroque mode under Lucas Faydherbe. He spent time in London working with fellow Mechelen sculptor Jan van Steen, before joining the Mechelen guild on his return home. He gained a position at the court of Elector Johann-Wilhelm at Düsseldorf from 1701 to 1706.
  His more notable works are;
context_section_description: Frans Langhemans (Mechelen, 1661 - 1720) was a sculptor from Mechelen.
  Studied the Baroque mode under Lucas Faydherbe. He spent time in London working with fellow Mechelen sculptor Jan van Steen, before joining the Mechelen guild on his return home. He gained a position at the court of Elector Johann-Wilhelm at Düsseldorf from 1701 to 1706.
  
  His more notable works are;
caption: Statue of Neptune in Mechelen. It is part of a water fountain erected in 1718. The inscription reads SPQM or Senatus Populusque Mechliensis (the council and population of Mechlin).
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