The Sculptor of Antwerp's Baroque Soul In the vibrant, shadow-drenched streets of seventeenth-century Antwerp, a period defined by the dramatic tension between earthly splendor and spiritual devotion, the name Mattheus van Beveren emerged as a master of form. Born around 1630, van Beveren was more than a mere craftsman; he was an architect of memory, a sculptor capable of breathing life into cold marble and delicate ivory alike. His er…