Sluter

British  

/ ˈslyːtər /

noun

1. Claus (klaʊs). ?1345–1406, Dutch sculptor, working in Burgundy, whose realism influenced many sculptors and painters in 15th-century Europe. He is best known for the portal sculptures and the Well of Moses in the Carthusian monastery at Champnol

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Example Sentences

Sluter, the great sculptor, went to Burgundy, took service with the dukes, and bequeathed no specimen of his art to the land of his birth.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

Perhaps the most skilful of these masters was Claux Sluter, who was the favorite of Philip the Bold, and executed the splendid monument to that duke which is now in the Museum at Dijon.

From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement

The striking sculptures of the pit of Moses, at Dijon, were executed by Claus Sluter of Zeeland.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile

In the North, as in the South, sculpture developed earlier than painting, and, just as Pisano precedes Giotto, Sluter precedes, and to a certain extent explains, the brothers Van Eyck.

From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Cammaerts, Emile

You will remember how, about 1390, Claux Sluter, by his works in Dijon, had a great influence upon French sculpture.

From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement