TRICHT, Arnt van - b. ~1530 , d. 1570 Kalkar

Netherlandish sculptor and wood-carver. He established himself as a sculptor in Kalkar c. 1530, succeeding Hendrick Douverman, by whom he was probably trained. In the first half of the sixteenth century a circle of sculptors that included Hendrick Douverman, Heinrich van Holt, and Arnt van Tricht was active in Kalkar, a town in the Lower Rhine region of Germany near the Dutch border (near Kleve).

Arnt van Tricht presumably came from Utrecht, as the style of his work, especially the characteristic heads and the stylish clothing of the figures, is related to that of other Utrecht sculptors, in particular the influential Master of the Stone Female Head. However, he spent most of his active life at Kalkar. At first a prolific wood-carver whose work frequently displayed innovative adaptations of late Gothic models, he switched to stone relief carving with the advent of the Reformation, specializing in memorial tablets and chimney-pieces. His Holy Trinity altarpiece in the church St. Nikolai, Kalkar, is one of his most spectacular works.

Ros Family Epitaph

This epitaph was made for the church of Wageningen. It shows God the Father presenting his suffering son to the faithful, with the dove of the Holy Ghost above his head. Those pleading for mercy are the members of the Ros family. The epitaph was severely damaged during the iconoclast in 1578.