Trade and Ship transport (De handel en de scheepvaart) - Brussels, Belgium
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Statuary of two little boys in the Brussels Park from Gilles-Lambert Godecharle represent allegorical depiction of the trade and ship transport. The statuary was made in 1784.
Waymark Code: WMRX4Y
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date Posted: 08/16/2016
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The nice statuary of two little boys located in the largest urban public park in the center of Brussels - Brussels Park - Parc de Bruxelles (French) - Warandepark (Dutch), cloto to its largest fountain is the work of Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (1750 - 1835), a Belgian sculptor, who became one of two outstanding representatives of Neoclassicism in the Austrian Netherlands. The name of the statuary is "Trade and Ship transport (De handel en de scheepvaart)" and comes from 1784. They are allegorically represented by two naked little boys, one of them representing "the trade" has a winged hat on his head, he holds the caduceus of Mercury he he is sitting on bales of goods. The other one just holds a shield with a coat of the arms of the Johann Georg Adam Graf von Starhemberg (Prince of Starhemberg) who served in then Austrian Netherlands as authorized minister, i.e. the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Austrian Habsburgs in Brussels under Empress Maria Theresa and at the time of construction of the park.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Trade and Ship transport (De handel en de scheepvaart)
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (1750 - 1835)
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1784
Materials used: sandstone
Location: in the largest urban public park in the center of Brussels - Brussels Park - Parc de Bruxelles (French) - Warandepark (Dutch)
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