by Floris, that was already placed in the Cathedral. It has been suggested that the design for the tomb was by the hand of the sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt who was at the time probably working in Denmark. Of particular interest are the reliefs on the sides of the monument. They depict scenes from the king's campaign against Dithmarschen in 1559 and from the Northern Seven Years' War that lasted from 1563 to 1570. One scene shows the siege of Akershus Fortress in Oslo of 1567. Van Egen shows a virtuoso technique in the details of this work. The figure of the reclining king on the tomb is also sculpted with precision. Small-scale work In addition to the large-scale tomb of Frederick II, it is recorded that in 1600 van Egen delivered to Christian IV a closet with alabaster pieces. Probably he has also made some small portrait reliefs of Frederick II now at Rosenborg and the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and a few similar alabaster works of Danish noblemen. Of the small-scale works four are still known to be extant. There are two alabaster statuettes both signed with his initials: GE. One represents Judith holding the head of Holofernes and is now in a private collection in New York. The other representing Mercury is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. These pieces demonstrate that Van Egen likely received his training primarily in Mechelen, the center of alabaster small-scale sculpture. References Flemish sculptors (before 1830) 16th-century births 1612 deaths Belgian expatriates in Denmark