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John Nost
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Name
John Nost
Died
1729, Westminster, United Kingdom
Workshop of John Nost the Elder - Equestrian Statue of King George I (3D Output)
John Nost (died 1729) was a Flemish sculptor who worked in England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Originally from Mechelen in Belgium, he moved across the North Sea to work in England in the second half of the 17th century, gaining employed with the sculptor Arnold Quellin as a foreman. After Quellin's death in 1686 Nost married his widow, and established his own sculptural works business in the Haymarket district of London.
Van Nost died at his home at Hyde Park in London on 26 April 1729.
Sculptors apprenticed to Van Nost
Van Nost trained Andrew Carpenter, and his own nephew John van Nost the younger, his nephew carried on the family business following his uncle's death.
Notable works
Source
Statue of Sir Hugh Wyndham (judge) at Silton, Dorset (1692)
