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Liège (province)

Rue du Palais
(Palais de Justice)

Quatre juristes éminents liègois

Four prominent lawyers of Liège

Charles de Méan, Mathias-Guillaume de Louvrex, Olivier Leclercq, and Toussaint Dandrimont

Willem Geefs
1853

Verviers / Quatre juristes éminents liègois

Description

Four large sandstone statues (one missing) in the south façade of the Palais de Justice. The present statues are copies made in 1995.

Verviers - Quatre juristes éminents liègois
Mean
Leclercq
Dandrimont

Charles de Méan (Liège 1604 - Liège 1674), Jurisconsult of the principality of Liège and mayor of Liège (Wikipedia).
(missing) Mathias-Guillaume de Louvrex (Liège 1665 - Liège 1734), jurisconsult, magistrate, diplomat and historian of Liège (Wikipedia).
Olivier Leclercq (19th century), Attorney General of the Superior Court of Justice of Liège.
Toussaint Dandrimont (Theux 1757 - Liège 1822), First president of the Superior Court of Justice of Liège.

Sculptor

Willem (Guillaume) Geefs (Borgerhout 1805-Schaarbeek 1883), Belgisch beeldhouwer (RKDArtists).

Sources & Information

Connaître la Wallonie, Lieux de mémoire.
Fédération Francophone Belge de Marches populaires, Verviers, ville touristique, Historique des Monuments.
Wikipedia, Barreau de Verviers.

Locatie (N 50°35'28" - E 5°51'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: belg058; Photograph: 11 April 2017
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