# Jan Boeksent

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{{Short description|Flemish sculptor}}
[[File:Preekstoel College.JPG|thumb|Pulpit, chapel of [St. Joseph Minor Seminary](/source/St._Joseph_Minor_Seminary)]]
'''Jan Boeksent''' (or '''Joannes Boecksent''', [OFM](/source/Order_of_Friars_Minor) 1660–1727)<ref>Biografische Index van de Benelux / Index Biographique des Pays du Bénélux ...</ref> was a Flemish sculptor, famous for his baroque wooden and marble carvings.

He was one of the students of [Pieter Verbrugghen I](/source/Pieter_Verbrugghen_I). He was a [Franciscan](/source/Franciscan) friar, first taking vows in August 1685. He is considered one of the most important sculptors of Flemish baroque carvings. Hendrik Pulinx is mentioned as one of his followers and students.<ref>De levens en Werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders ..., Volume 2</ref> He died in 1727 in the monastery of [Ghent](/source/Ghent).

== Works ==
* St Peter's church, Gent.
* Tomb of Philippus Erardus van der Noot, Ghent Cathedral.<ref>Boeken op Google Play Een speelreisje in België: behelzende schilderachtige en geschiedkundige beschryvingen der landstreken en nationale gedenkstukken, zeden, gebruiken en instellingen; levensschetsen van beroemde Belgen, enz  Van Doosselaere, 1858 - 368 pagina's</ref>
* [Sint-Niklaas](/source/Sint-Niklaas): [St. Joseph Minor Seminary](/source/St._Joseph_Minor_Seminary): pulpit, and other carvings.

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