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Antoine Wiertz

Dinant 1806 - Elsene 1865
Belgian romantic painter and sculptor
(Wikipedia)

Victor De Haen
early 20th century

Description

Bronze statue of Wiertz with a painter's palet, and a horse-head at his feet, standing on a rough stone pedestel. At the foot of the pedestal sits a personification of sculpting with a model of a boar in her hand.

Dinant - Antoine Wiertz

Signature

V. de Haen

Sculptor

Victor De Haen (Schaerbeek 1866 - Brussel 1934), Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

vzw Statua, Standbeelden.be (site doesn't exist anymore).

Locatie (N 50°16'0" - E 4°54'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bena037; Photograph: 5 May 2015
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