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Peasants' War Memorial

Peasant revolt in 1798 against the French occupiers of the Southern Netherlands

Benoît Van Uytvanck
1898

Description

Stone relief in a pointed arch, depicting a young peasant with a coulter, holding a cross, and a priest pointing to heaven, where an angel with palmbranches is flying. In the background the two churches of Geel, St. Amands and St, Dymphna

The design of the scene was made by the sculptor Van Uytvanck based on a sketch by Hubert Verbist.

Inscription(s)

+ Aan de priesters en de jongens van
Gheel die in 1798 vervolging leden om de
rechtveerdigheid het bestuur en het volk
van Gheel ter herinnering hunner chris-
tene heldhaftigheid 26 Oktober 1898.

Signature

Van Uytvanck & Goffaerts

Sculptor

Benoît Van Uytvanck (1857-1927), Belgian sculptor from Leuven.

Sources & Information

Bruisend Geel, Kunst in het straatbeeld.
K. van Caeneghem, Onze Boeren verheerlijkt: Gedenkboek der Eeuwfeesten van den Boerenkrijg 1798-1898 (Davidsfonds 1903), blz. 246 (PDF on-line).
Inventaris Vlaanderen, Parochiekerk Sint-Amandus .

Locatie (N 51°9'43" - E 4°59'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bean133; Photograph: 1 June 2019
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