Peter Scheemakers | |
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![]() Portrait of Scheemakers by Andreas Bernardus de Quertenmont | |
Born | 1691, Antwerp |
Died | 12 September 1781 | (aged 90), Antwerp
Nationality | Flemish |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Tomb monuments and garden statuary |
Patron(s) | William Kent |
Peter Scheemakers or Pieter Scheemaeckers II or the Younger (10 January 1691 – 12 September 1781)[1] was a Flemish sculptor who worked for most of his life in London. His public and church sculptures in a classicist style had an important influence on the development of modern sculpture in England.[2]
Scheemakers is perhaps best known for executing the William Kent-designed memorial to William Shakespeare which was erected in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1740,[3] as well as that to John Dryden in the same church.[4]
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