Statuette of a medieval smith at Petit Sablon in Brussels, Belgium
A park was created at the highest point of the Sablon extending all the way to the Egmont Palace, named Petit Sablon, in which nineteenth-century sculptors etched 48 bronze statues representing all old The park was opened in 1890 and is the work of architect Henri Beyaert (1823-1894) . The park is surrounded by a beautiful, elaborate wrought iron fence. At regular intervals there are Gothic columns, each one of them with an elegant bronze statuette representing the Brussels guilds . They are almost exact replicas of the late fifteenth-century statue made by sculptor Jan Borreman. In this photo : a statuette of a young man holding a sword with a helmet at his feet representing the guild of the smiths, helmet makers and gunsmiths by G. Van den Kerckhove.
Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Petit Sablon, Kleine Zavel, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Western Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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