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Create new listDillens, Julien (Belgian, 1849-1904); b. Antwerp and Stappen, Charles van der (Belgian, 1843-1910); b. Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
BELGIUM, Centenaire de l’Académie Royale des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles, 1900, a bronze plaque by J. Dillens and C. van der Stappen, busts of Nicolas-Jean Rouppe, Charles Buls and Émile De Mot left, rev. naked male seated left, sketching, artisans in field in background, 78 x 61mm, 194.55g (BDM I, 590; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 174, 5066). Extremely fine, dark patina £80-£100
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.
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Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 174 (Cologne), 2-3 September 2015, lot 5066
Edition of 125 in bronze. Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (1768-1838) was a politician and first burgomaster of Brussels after it claimed independence. Charles Buls (1837-1914), was a politician. Émile André Jean De Mot (1835-1909) was a politician and also burgomaster of Brussels, from 1899 until his death.
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