HUYSSENS, Pieter
(b. 1577, Brugge, d. 1637, Brugge)

Exterior view

1615-21
Photo
Sint-Carolus-Borromeuskerk, Antwerp

The design for the slender tower with its little round dome is distinctly northern-Italian in character. The design for it was drawn by Huyssens and retouched by Rubens. The sculptural storeys of this tower, accentuated in post-Michelangelesque style, were enriched in an original way with motifs from Venetian and Lombard Renaissance architecture.




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