Peter Van Dievoet

[5][6] He was the half-brother of Philippe van Dievoet, goldsmith to King Louis XIV of France and the uncle of the Parisian printer Guillaume Vandive.

[8] His father was previously married to Catarina Slachmeulder (or Catharina Slachmoelders), whose son Philippe van Dievoet later became a goldsmith to King Louis XIV of France.

[16] George Vertue found an agreement and a payment receipt for the bronze statue of James II (1686) made for the courtyard of Whitehall and currently placed on Trafalgar Square.

[5] Margaret Whinney notes that this statue does not have an English but rather a continental character and gives it the same attribution: "two Flemings, Laurens of Mechelen and Dievot of Brussels (sic), were employed to model and make it.

"[17] This attribution is repeated by Sir Lionel Henri Cust: "Dyvoet (sic) ... and Laurens ... who executed the statue of James II at Whitehall.

That same year, Brussels was largely destroyed by the French bombardment, which offered many opportunities for architects and sculptors in the rebuilding of the city.

From 1713 to 1723, between ages 52 and 62, he was one of The Eight and then Dean (judge) of the Drapery Court,[22] a Brussels institution comparable to a chamber of commerce, whose members were called the "brothers of the Guild".

[25] To van Dievoet are attributed some finely chiseled woodcarvings, such as the elaborate lime-wood ornamentation of festoons and fruits in the collection of the Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels.

Statue of King James II by van Dievoet [ 10 ] and Laurens van der Meulen, Trafalgar Square , London, 1686
Studies for a statue of either James II or Charles II. Pen and brown wash, attributed to van Dievoet, in the collection of the British Museum. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]
Detail of ornamentation of festoons and fruits attributed to van Dievoet ( Royal Museums of Art and History ).
The White Lamb , by Peter van Dievoet, Rue du Marché aux Herbes / Grasmarkt , Brussels, 1696
Signatures of Peter van Dievoet and his wife Dorothea de Witte, 17 July 1709.