Peter Scheemakers
Peter Scheemakers | |
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Portrait of Scheemakers by Andreas Bernardus de Quertenmont | |
| Born | 1691, Antwerp |
| Died | 12 September 1781 (aged 90), Antwerp |
| Nationality | Flemish |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Tomb monuments and garden statuary |
| Patron(s) | William Kent |
Peter Scheemakers or Pieter Scheemaeckers II or the Younger (10 January 1691 – 12 September 1781) was a Flemish sculptor who worked for most of his life in London. His public and church sculptures in a classicist style had an important influence on the development of modern sculpture in England.
Scheemakers is perhaps best known for executing the William Kent-designed memorial to William Shakespeare which was erected in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1740, as well as that to John Dryden in the same church.