Jonghelinck, Jakob (1530-1606)

Netherlands sculptor and medallist. After studying in Milan with Leone Leoni, Jonghelinck, who was born in Antwerp, returned to the Netherlands in 1555. Among his best-known works, sculpted from 1558-1566, is the Gothic-style tomb of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy (who had died nearly a century earlier), for the Church of Our Lady in Bruges.

As this tomb was situated beside the late 15th-century tomb of Charles's daughter, Mary of Burgundy, Jonghelinck imitated the style of the earlier artist, an example of antiquarianism rare in 16th-century art. Although Jonghelinck's life-size bronze of the infamous Duke of Alva in the Antwerp citadel was destroyed during the revolt of 1577, its appearance is reflected in a bust of the same sitter now in New York.

Jonghelinck's bronzes are technically very accomplished and his portraits have considerable characterization.