Nost, John

The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | 598 words | Copyright

Nost, John (originally John van Ost) (d London, 1711/13). Flemish-born sculptor who settled in England in about 1678. By 1686 he was foreman to Artus III Quellin, whose widow he later married. He is chiefly notable as a maker of lead garden statues, some based on Italian or antique models but others of his own creation. Examples remain at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Hampton Court, and elsewhere. His tombs are less interesting. His son—not, as long thought, his nephew—of the same name (d 1780) settled in Dublin in about 1750 and became the leading sculptor of the day there.

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