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Monument à Henry Sainctelette

Monument for Henry Sainctelette

Mons 1851 - Mons 1905
Mayor of Mons, 1888-1905
(Wikipedia)

Camille Lefèvre & Henri Devillez
1924

Description

Relief represening a mourning seated woman (obviously a personification on Mons, since the town's coat of arms is behind her back) paying homage to a portrait of Henry Sainctelette, hold by two putti.

Mons - Monument à Henry Sainctelette

Inscription(s)

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Henri Sainctelette
Bourgmestre
1880 - 1905

Signature

L.H. DEVILLEZ INV. CAM. LEFEVRE SCVLP. 1924
c^ie des bronzes bruxelles

Mons - Monument à Henry Sainctelette

Sculptors

Louis-Henri Devillez (Mons 1855 - Ixelles/Elsene 1941), Belgian sculptor, medal engraver and painter.
Camille Lefèvre (Issy-les-Moulineaux 1853 - 1933), French sculptor (Wikipedia)

Sources & Information

vzw Statua, Standbeelden.be (site doesn't exist anymore).
Sculpture Publique en Belgique, Mons.

Locatie (N 50°27'17" - E 3°57'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: beha016; Photograph: 14 October 2017
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