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Monument to Everard ’t Serclaes

The reclining figure on Julien Dillens’s original Everard ’t Serclaes memorial, photographed circa 2008 with bright polished surfaces against the dark surrounding relief.
Artwork FileBrussels, Belgium

Monument to Everard ’t Serclaes

ReportedOct 2016

Julien Dillens · 1902 · Brussels

Photo: Viktor Hauk (CC BY-SA 2.5), c. 2008. The original memorial before its 2016 replacement. Resized, full frame.

Julien Dillens’s 1902 monument to Everard ’t Serclaes stands beside Brussels’ Grand-Place. The city museum records a luck tradition of rubbing the reclining figure. A bronze replica was installed on site in October 2016, while the original was placed in City Hall’s Ogivale Hall. Source Reported

Replica reported Oct 2016 — evidence dated 2016-10-25. The report records the replica’s installation; it does not establish its condition today. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. Made by Julien DillensThe Belgian sculptor created the reclining memorial to the Brussels hero. Source Checked
  2. Inaugurated in 1902The city museum dates the monument’s inauguration to 1902. Source Checked
  3. Touched for luckThe city museum notes the belief that rubbing the monument brings luck. Source Reported
  4. The original moved to City HallThe original was placed in City Hall’s Ogivale Hall in 2016; a bronze replica was installed beside Grand-Place. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Maison de l’Etoile, corner of Rue Charles Buls and Grand-Place · Brussels, Belgium Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 1902

    Monument inaugurated beside Grand-Place

  2. c. 2008

    Original memorial photographed at Grand-Place, circa 2008

  3. 201625 Oct

    Brussels Times reports a bronze replica installed the previous day

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Artist
Julien Dillens Source Checked
Inaugurated
1902 Source Checked
Subject
Everard ’t Serclaes Source Checked
Location
Maison de l’Etoile beside Grand-Place Source Checked
Visitor ritual
Rubbing the reclining figure is said to bring luck Source Reported
On-site replacement
Bronze replica installed in 2016 Source Checked
Original
City museum collection; placed in City Hall’s Ogivale Hall in 2016 Source Checked

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