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Liège (province) Rue des Raines / Rue des Alliéz |
La fontaine OrtmansOrtmans FountainJean-François Ortmans-HauzeurVerviers 1806 - Vervier 1885 Belgian politican; mayor of Verviers, 1854-1885 (Wikipedia) |
Clément Vivroux
Maurice Denonvilliers (Paris) 1893 |
Neo-classicist monument, realized by sculptor and architect Clément Vivroux in 1893. In the middle, there is a large bust above the fountain. At the top is an allegorical woman representing the town of Verviers with a lion, and at the sides are reliefs showing writing an reading putti (left) and putti constructing a cog wheel.
The monument was built against the side-wall of a mansion house.
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1878 |
La fontaine Clément VIVROUX 1893 Descriptif
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