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Le Tchantchès

Little John

Character from Liège folklore represented by a puppet (Tchantchès < Flemish Jantje = little John, pronounced in Walloon as D'jan tchès)
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Zomers & Louis Dupont
1947

Description

Statue of a woman with puppet. On the front of the pedestal is a bronze coat of arms of Liège.

Metz - Le Tchantchès

Inscription(s)

TCHANTCHES
symbole
de l'esprit frondeur
DES LIEGEOIS

LA VILLE DE LIEGE
a
LA VILLE DE METZ
1947

Signature

L Dupont apres ZOMERS

Sculptors

Louis Dupont (Waremme 1896 - Liège 1967), Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).
Joseph Zomers (Liège 1895 - 1928), Belgian sculptor (RKDartists&).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, Monumen.

Locatie (N 49°6'32" - E 6°10'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo197; Photograph: 28 May 2019
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