He moved from Antwerp to set up a workshop in Brussels in 1562 and was appointed court sculptor the following year.

When Nefertiti learns that Tumos is alive, she asks Amenophis to make him the court sculptor.

Born in Copenhagen, by 1705 he was employed as a court sculptor and stonemason.

In 1816 he was appointed court sculptor to Ferdinand VII.

Kändler was appointed court sculptor by Augustus II the Strong in 1731.

Returning to Florence in 1676, he became the court sculptor for Cosimo III.

In 1712, following the death of Emperor Joseph I, he became court sculptor.

In 1729 he became court sculptor to William IV of Orange-Nassau.

He arrived in Florence in 1769, and the next year was named official court sculptor in 1770.

In 1795, he became assistant to Johann Christian Ruhl, the court sculptor of Kassel.