VALCKX, Pieter
(b. 1734, Mechelen, d. 1785, Mechelen)

Biography

Flemish sculptor, a pupil of Theodoor Verhaegen. He was active mainly in Mechelen where his best works (organ case and benches) can be seen in the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-over-de-Dijlekerk and the Sint-Janskerk. He sculpted a pulpit for the Sint-Katelijnekerk and several sculptures for the Sint-Romboutscatedraal.

Valckx also built a monumental pulpit in the Sint-Germanuskerk in Tienen around 1760.