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Graven van Egmont en van Horne - Comtes d'Egmont et de Hornes

Prins Lamoraal I van Gavere, Graaf van Egmont (Ellezelles 1522 - Brussel-Bruxelles 1568), general and statesman in Flanders (Wikipedia)

Filips II van Montmorency, graaf van Horn (Nevele 1524 - Brussel-Bruxelles 1568), admiral of Flanders (Wikipedia)

Charles Auguste Fraikin
Compagnie des Bronzes (Bruxelles)
1864

Brussel / Graven van Egmont en van Horne - Comtes d'Egmont et de Hornes

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

Aux Comtes
d'
EGMONT
et de
HORNES
Condamnes
par Sentence
inique du
Duc d'Albe
et
Decapiles á
Bruxelles
5 Juin 1568

aan de Graven
van
EGMONT
en
HOORN
Onrechtvaardig
Veroordeeld
door de Hertog
van Alva
en
Onthoofd te
Brussel de
5 Juni 1568

Signature

c.a. fraikin / 1864
C^ie anonyme des bronzes / bruxelles

Annotation

Until 1879 the statue stood on the Grote Markt.

Old Postcard(s)

Click on the thumbnail for an enlargement.

Sculptor

Charles Auguste Fraikin (Herentals 1817 - Schaarbeek 1893), Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Lijst van beelden in Brussel.
Wikipedia, Nederlands: Zavel (Brussel); Français: Sablon (Bruxelles).

Locatie (N 50°50'21" - E 4°21'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bebr011; Photograph: 12 December 2008 / updated: 12 September 2009
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