Jean-Baptiste Forceville
| Years of birth and death |
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| Year of birth | ca. 1660 | Rijssel (Lille), Frankrijk |
| Year of death | 1739 | Brussel |
| Place |
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| 1686 | Antwerpen |
| 1723 | Brussel |
French-Flemish organ builder, late seventeenth, early eighteenth century. Forceville was a contemporary of Jacobus van Eynde. However, his work was more progressive, and he is therefore considered the founder of Flemish rococo. He was born around 1660 in Lille (Rijssel). In 1686 he settled as an organ builder in Antwerp. However, he moved his workshop to Brussels in 1723, where he died at the end of June 1739. After his death, his master servant Pieter van Peteghem continued the company.
| Literature |
- De orgelmakers Forceville / Gh. Potvlieghe. - In: De Brabantse Folklore, nr. 155, september 1962.
- J.B. Forceville, vader van het Vlaamse Rococo-orgel / Antoon Fauconnier. - In: Vlaanderen, jrg. 21, nr. 129, 1972.
- Geaktualiseerde werklijst van J. B. Forceville / Patrick Roose. - In: Orgelkunst, tiende jaargang nummer 1, maart 1987.
- 13e Antwerpse Orgelwandeling: Orgels rond de Singel / Jan Van Mol. - Antwerpen : Calcant, 2007.
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Work list
| New organs |
| Year | Town / Building | Opus |
| 1683 | Loenhout, Parochiekerk (verwoest in 1944) | |
| 1687-1690 | Antwerpen, Begijnhof (verkocht in 1798) | |
| 1690 | Hemiksem, Sint Bernardusabdij (rond 1800 overgebracht naar Oud-Gastel) | |
| 1696 | Kruibeke, Parochiekerk (verdwenen) | |
| 1697-1699 | Stabroek, Sinte-Catharinakerk | |
| 1699 | Bevel, Parochiekerk (verdwenen) | |
| 1710 | Wilrijk, Sint Bavokerk | |
| 1711-1713 | Ekeren, Parochiekerk | |
| 1714 | Brussel, Kathedraal (verdwenen) | |
| 1716 | Edegem, Sint Antoniuskerk | |
| ca. 1720 | Antwerpen, Dominicanenkerk (Sint Pauluskerk), koororgel (thans in Broechem) | |
| 1719-1723 | Lier, Begijnhof | |
| 1723 | Zandvliet, Parochiekerk (verbrand in 1753) | |
| 1725 | Berchem, Sint Willibrorduskerk | |
| 1728 | Ninove, Abdijkerk (binnenwerk verdwenen) | |
| 1726-1729 | Antwerpen, Sint Jacobskerk, koororgel | |
| 1725-1730 | Deurne, Sint Fredeganduskerk (grotendeels verdwenen) | |
