page_title: Peter Van Dievoet
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Van Dievoet
context_page_description: Peter van Dievoet was a sculptor, statuary, wood carver, and designer of ornamental architectural features from Brussels.
  He became famous thanks to his work on a number of the guild houses of the Grand Place which needed to be rebuilt after the bombardment of 1695 and on the Statue of James II in Trafalgar Square, London.
  He was the brother of Philippe van Dievoet, goldsmith to Louis XIV and the uncle of the Parisian printer Guillaume Vandive.
context_section_description: Peter van Dievoet (/ˈdiːvʊt/; French: Pierre, Dutch: Peeter, Latin: Petrus; 1661–1729) was a sculptor, statuary, wood carver, and designer of ornamental architectural features from Brussels. 
  He became famous thanks to his work on a number of the guild houses of the Grand Place which needed to be rebuilt after the bombardment of 1695 and on the Statue of James II in Trafalgar Square, London. 
  He was the brother of Philippe van Dievoet, goldsmith to Louis XIV and the uncle of the Parisian printer Guillaume Vandive.
caption: Statue of King James II, in Trafalgar Square, London, by Peter van Dievoet, 1686.
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