Louis Jehotte
Illustration — Léonard Jehotte Louis Jehotte (7 November 1803 or 1804 – 3 February 1884) was a prominent Belgian sculptor working in a realist tradition that was inflected, responsible for the bronze equestrian monument to Charlemagne erected on the Boulevard d'Avroy in Liège, Belgium, in 1867. His bronze Cain Cursed stands outside the Academy Palace, and his statue of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine on the current Place du Musée/Museumplein, both in Brussels. His father Léonard Jehotte (Herstal, 1 August 1772 – Maastricht, 1 August (!) 1851) was an engraver at the mint, in Liège.
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Louis Jehotte
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- Full name
- Jean Louis Jehotte.
- Died
- 1884. · Brussels metropolitan area.
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- sculptor, medalist and artist.
- Education
- Royal Academy of Arts of Liège.
- Teachers
- François-Joseph Dewandre.
- Honours
- Boursier de la fondation Lambert Darchis.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Léonard Jehotte Louis Jehotte (7 November 1803 or 1804 – 3 February 1884) was a prominent Belgian sculptor working in a realist tradition that was inflected, responsible for the bronze equestrian monument to Charlemagne erected on the Boulevard d'Avroy in Liège, Belgium, in 1867. His bronze Cain Cursed stands outside the Academy Palace, and his statue of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine on the current Place du Musée/Museumplein, both in Brussels. His father Léonard Jehotte (Herstal, 1 August 1772 – Maastricht, 1 August (!) 1851) was an engraver at the mint, in Liège.
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Recorded at birth as Jean Louis Jehotte. Born at Liège in 1803, died in Brussels metropolitan area in 1884.
Louis Jehotte studied at Royal Academy of Arts of Liège. Training under François-Joseph Dewandre is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Paris and Brussels. Work by Louis Jehotte is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and M Leuven. Distinctions recorded are Boursier de la fondation Lambert Darchis.
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