Pieter Scheemaeckers

The testimony of various persons made on 2 July 1708 attests to the awful behaviour of Peeter I: he was said to mistreat his children, whom he called 'pigs' and to have beaten one of his daughters until she was unconscious.

[1] One of his most successful pupils was German-born Jan Pieter van Baurscheit who made a name in Antwerp as a sculptor and architect.

His style is exemplary of the late Baroque in Flemish sculpture and shows the trend towards the Rococo in its pictorial and decorative effects.

[1] One of the high points of his work is the funeral monument for Count Karel Florentijn van Salm (who died at the Siege of Maastricht) in St Catherine's church in Hoogstraten (completed in 1709).

This monument, topped by flags, military trophies and the family blazon, depicts the deceased in full battle regalia.