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Baudouin de Constantinople

Baldwin I, Latin Emperor

Baudouin VI de Hainaut
Valenciennes 1171 - Veliko Tarnovo 1205
Count of Hainaut and Flanders, first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Jaquet
Compagnie des Bronzes (Bruxelles)
1868

Description

Bronze equestrian statue, with on the base two reliefs.

Mons - Baudouin de Constantinople
L'Institution de la Haute Cour du Hainaut sous les chênes de Hornu
The institution of the High Court of Hainaut under the Hornu oaks
L'Assemblée des États à Mons
The Assembly of the States in Mons
Baudouin grants and approved the charters of 1200

Signature

JOSEPH JAQUET
c^ie des bronzes a bruxelles directeur alph. verhaeren

Mons - Baudouin de Constantinople

Sculptor

Joseph (Jan Jozef, Jean-Joseph) Jaquet (Antwerpen 1822 - Schaarbeek 1898), Belgian sculptor RKDArtists)

Sources & Information

vzw Statua, Standbeelden.be (site doesn't exist anymore).
Sculpture Publique en Belgique, Mons.
Connaître la Wallonie.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 50°27'13" - E 3°57'37") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: beha033; Photograph: 14 October 2017
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