DELVAUX, Laurent

Flemish sculptor who went to London in 1717 to work with his fellow Fleming Scheemakers. In 1728 they went to Italy together, where Delvaux spent several years, on and off, before returning to Brussels, where he got a Court appointment in 1733. In Brussels he made a large number of statues for churches, several important pulpits (e.g. Ghent CathedralGLOSSARYThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed., 1745), and a number of tombs; he worked on two tombs in Westminster Abbey with Scheemakers, and there are works, including terracotta models, in London and Brussels.