Rijksmuseum
Discus thrower
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Culture
- Brussels
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
This figure is a copy of a marble sculpture made by Matthieu Kessels in 1828 for the Duke of Devonshire. The original is at Chatsworth House in England, while the plaster model is preserved in Brussels. That was used in 1900, to cast this bronze for the Rijksmuseum.
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Creator
La Fonderie, Brussels Museum of Industry and Labour
industry museum in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels, Belgium
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