LOYET, Gerard
(b. 0 Lille, d. ~1502 Brugge)
South Netherlandish goldsmith. He is cited as goldsmith and ‘varlet de chambre’ to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (reg 1433-77). Among Loyet’s works for the Duke were images presented to churches, one of which survives: a gold, silver and enamel reliquary representing the kneeling Duke accompanied by St George, completed in 1466-67 and donated to St Lambert’s Cathedral, Liège (in situ), in 1471. This delicate reliquary, conceived as a votive group, provides some idea of more imposing works (all untraced), including two life-size silver statues of Charles and two portrait busts, the former for the churches in Aardenburg and Scheut (near Brussels), the latter for churches in Geeraardsbergen and Linkebeek, listed in payments of 1477.
