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Pieter van der Moere (Fray Pedro de Gante)

Geraardsbergen c. 1480 - Mexico 1572
Belgian Franciscan missionary in Mexico
(Wikipedia)

Geo Verbanck & Valentin Vaerwyck
1948

Gent / Pieter van der Moere (Fray Pedro de Gante)

Description

Bronze plaquette with relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

Van hieruit, waar het klooster
stond der paters minderbroeders,
vertrok in 1522 maar mexico
FRAY PEDRO DE GANTE
(pieter van gent) minderbroeder-missionaris.
gedurende 50 jaar was hy een
uitstekend opvoeder-beschermer
en vader der indianen
gent 1480-mexico 1572

Signature

valentin vaerwyck del. - geo verbanck sculp.

Sculptors

Valentin Vaerwyck (Gent 1882 - id. 1959), Belgian architect.
Geo (Georges) Verbanck (Gent 1881 - Aartselaar 1961), Belgian sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°2'58" - E 3°43'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: beov002; Photograph: 28 May 2008 / updated: 20 November 2016
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