Petel, Georg

The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | 630 words | Copyright

Petel, Georg (b Weilheim, Bavaria, ?1601/2; d Augsburg, ?1634). German sculptor, active mainly in Augsburg. Although he died young of the plague, Petel was the most renowned German sculptor of his time, with a reputation extending far outside his own country; he travelled widely, visiting France, Italy, and (several times) the Low Countries, and he was a friend of van Dyck, who painted his portrait (c.1628, Alte Pin., Munich), and of Rubens, who influenced his style. His work included large pieces in bronze and wood, but he is chiefly famed for his skill as an ivory carver (Venus and Cupid, 1624, Ashmolean Mus., Oxford).

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