Pieter Xavery

[1] It is not clear whether he was brought to Leiden by his compatriot Rombout Verhulst or was simply his successor.

These terracotta figures with oversize heads and prominent features predate the Rococo style with its preference for exaggeration.

[7] Xavery also executed a number of monumental pieces during his residence in Leiden.

He also produced in Leiden a pediment sculpture for the house "In den vergulden Turk" ("In the Gilded Turk") representing a Turk, Neptune, Mercury and Angora goat (all symbols related to the textile trade for which Leiden was famous) and a collection of twenty-three judges and lawyers for the Vierschaar.

[5] He also made a series of busts of Roman emperors of which the plasters in Leiden are likely copies.