Claus Sluter: Well of MosesWell of Moses, marble sculpture by Claus Sluter depicting (from left) Zechariah, Daniel, and Isaiah, 1395–1404/05; in the cloister of the Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France.
Claus Sluter, (born c. 1340/50, Haarlem?, Holland—died between Sept. 24, 1405, and Jan. 30, 1406, Dijon, Burgundy), Early Netherlandish sculptor. He entered the service of Philip II the Bold in 1385 and became his chief sculptor in 1389. All his surviving sculptures were made for the Carthusian monastery of Champmol at Dijon, which Philip founded. Sluter moved beyond the prevailing French taste for graceful figures, delicate movement, and fluid falls of drapery and toward highly individual naturalistic forms. His works infuse realism with spirituality and monumental grandeur. His influence was extensive among both painters and sculptors of 15th-century northern Europe.
