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COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612)

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 684 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612) , Flemish sculptor, was born at Malines. In 1563 he went, at the invitation of the emperor Ferdinand I., to
Innsbruck
 , to
work
  on the magnificent
monument
  which was being erected to
Maximilian
  I. in the
nave
  of the Franciscan church. Of the twenty-four marble alti-rilievi, representing the emperor's principal acts and victories, which adorn the sides of this tomb, twenty were executed by Colin, apparently in three years. The
work
  displays a remarkable combination of liveliness and spirit with extreme care and finish, its delicacy rivalling that of a fine cameo. Thorwaldsen is said to have pronounced it the finest work of its kind. Colin, who was sculptor in
ordinary
  both to the emperor and to his son, the archduke Ferdinand of
Tirol
 , did a
great
  deal of work for his patrons at
Innsbruck
  and in its neighbourhood; particular mention may be made of the sepulchres of the archduke and his first wife, Philippine
Welser
 , both in the same church as the
Maximilian
 
monument
 , and of
Bishop
  Jean Nas. His tomb in the cemetery at Innsbruck bears a fine bas-relief executed by one of his sons.


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