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Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg (1644-1706) became Prince-Bishop of Münster in 1688. His tomb was begun in 1707 after his death by the Gröninger family, a family of sculptors active over several generations in Westphalia. It was the work of Johann Mauritz Gröninger (c. 1650-1707) and his son Johann Wilhelm Gröninger (c. 1675-1724). They were assisted by Gottfried Laurenz Pictorius, member of a family of architects.
In this work the flamboyance of Italian Baroque is considerably reduced, possibly because of the father's training in Flanders.
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