Willemssens, Lodewijk

^⚬1630/10 - ^†1702/10

Lodewijk Willemssens was an Antwerp sculptor, engraver and carver. He was born in October 1630 as son of Michiel Willemssens and Lucia de Keersmaeckers. He may have been a student of Quellinus Artus (1609 - 1668). Between 1661 and 1662 he was free master of the Sint Lucasgilde in Antwerp. In 1671 he married Anna Corvers in St. Joriskerk, they remained childless. On October 12, 1702, he was buried in the same church, with his wife, who had been dead for thirty years.

• Nationality

  Belgium

• Birth place

  Antwerp