# Ceiling decoration [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HANSCHE, Jan Christiaen]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Stucco ## Commentary The centerpiece of the Park Abbey is undoubtedly the library that Abbot Libert de Paepe had built above the refectory in 1672. The library of the abbey is a rare representative of Premonstratesian interior architecture from the 17th century in the Netherlands. The uniqueness lies in the use of a plastered barrel vault on which semi-exalted sculpture with scenes from the life of St. Norbertus was applied in lime plaster. These works were performed in 1679 by the famous stucco artist Jan Christiaen Hansche. The photo shows the ceiling before restoration. ## Related artworks - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()