Arent Passer was a stonemason and architect of the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 origin. He was born in Hague and worked in Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

 from 1589 until his death. Arent Passer is buried in St. Olaf's church in Tallinn.

Best know artwork by Arent Passer is the tomb chest of the Swedish Commander-in Chief Pontus De La Gardie

Pontus De la Gardie

Pontus De la Gardie was a French nobleman and general in the service of Denmark and Sweden.He was born Ponce De La Gardie in Russol , Languedoc, as a son of Jacques De la Gardie and Catherine de Sainte-Colombe. As a youngster, he wanted to become a priest and was educated in a monastery...

 and his wife baroness Sofia Gyllenhjelm in the Dome Church

St Mary's cathedral of Tallinn

St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn is a church located on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally established by Danes on 13th century, it is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia...

 made in 1595. Architectural solution of the facade with numerous relieves of former building of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads Guild, made in 1597 as well as several tomb monuments in the Dome Church - Caspar von Tiesenhausen (1591); Kaarle Henrikinpoika Horn, lord of Kankainen; Otto Yxkull (also Üexküll, Üksküla, 1601), lord of Vigala and Kiltsi; Richard Rosenkrantz (1623) and Thomas Ramm (1632).