6 6 4 ▁in ▁Stockholm ▁( poss ibly ▁coming ▁from ▁Germany ), ▁when ▁he ▁entered ▁service ▁with ▁count ▁Magn us ▁Gabriel ▁De ▁la ▁Gard ie , ▁the ▁Lord ▁High ▁Chan cell or ▁of ▁Sweden , ▁who ▁was ▁his ▁main ▁employ er ▁and ▁patron ▁until ▁around ▁ 1 6 6 8 . ▁Com ing ▁to ▁Sweden , ▁he ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁( who ▁died ▁in ▁Stockholm ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 8 ) ▁and ▁his ▁step children , ▁including ▁Abraham - C és ar ▁Lam oure ux ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Claude , ▁who ▁were ▁both ▁sculpt ors , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁their ▁sister ▁Mag dal ena , ▁who ▁later ▁married ▁the ▁sculpt or ▁Johann ▁Gustav ▁Sto cken berg . ▁ ▁While ▁Die uss art ▁was ▁a ▁Bar o que ▁sculpt or ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁represent atives ▁a ▁free - standing ▁style ▁of ▁sculpt ure ▁in ▁Sweden ▁( some ▁consider ▁him ▁Sweden ' s ▁first ▁modern ▁sculpt or ), ▁his ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁examples ▁of ▁a ▁r ena issance - like ▁pseudo - class ic ism . ▁His ▁work ▁consists ▁mainly ▁of ▁stat ues , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁used ▁different ▁materials , ▁although ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁his ▁known ▁works ▁were ▁made ▁from ▁lead ▁or ▁g ild ed ▁lead . ▁Poss ibly ▁due ▁to ▁metal ▁fat igue ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁soft ness ▁of ▁the ▁material , ▁however , ▁few ▁of ▁Die uss art ' s ▁works ▁surv ive . ▁ ▁For ▁L äck ö ▁Castle ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁have