The Marie-Jeanne Dauchy Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has acquired Léon Spilliaert’s design for the cover of Fernand Crommelynck’s play 'Le Sculpteur de Masques', published by Léon Deman. The work has been entrusted to the Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium.
The King Baudouin Foundation has acquired a very special piece of jewellery: a pendant designed by the renowned Liege architect and designer Gustave Serrurier-Bovy. This unique pendant is a wonderful example of Belgian Art Nouveau and can now be admired at the Brussels Museum of Art & History.
Acquired by the Isabelle and Philippe Dewez Fund, this terracotta sculpture represents the famous Belgian gallery owner Blanche Charlet. This work by Oscar Jespers is representative of the artist’s Art Deco period and an excellent addition to the Museum of Ixelles’ collection.
Thanks to the Teheux and Courtin-Bouché Funds, a precious reliquary made in the 17th century by the master silversmith from Huy, Mathieu Dardenne, has been added to the treasury of the town's Collegiate Church. This masterpiece of Mosan silverware contains a fragment of one of Saint Odile’s ribs as well as a lock of the Virgin’s hair.
A sublime sauceboat, in Imari porcelain set in silver by the Brussels silversmith Petrus Josephus Fonson, has been acquired by the Comte Thierry de Looz-Corswarem Fund. Engraved with the Arenberg family’s coat of arms, this exceptional 18th century piece has been entrusted to the DIVA Museum.
