Review of the municipal schools of the city of brussels which took place on 23 (or 24) august 1878, place des palais, in front of the royal palace of brussels, on the occasion of the silver wedding anniversary of king leopold ii and queen marie-henriette. We see archduke charles-louis of austria (white uniform), brother of emperor franz joseph of austria, alongside king leopold ii, and to their right, philippe, count of flanders[1]. Louise ponselet, eighth in the first row, from the left, daughter of victor and florence pourbaix: niece of verhas. -- painting signed and dated halfway up, towards the left (on the base of a stone lion): jan verhas. -- the review of the municipal schools of the brussels agglomeration took place on 23 august 1878, in front of the palace of brussels, on the occasion of the silver wedding anniversary of ll. Mm. The king and queen of the belgians. -- the author has introduced into his composition numerous portraits: on the platform, ll. Mm. The king and queen, hrh the count of flanders and hai the archduke charles-louis of austria; behind them, m. Jules van praet, minister of the king's household, the grand marshal of the court, count van der straeten-ponthoz, the ministers with portfolios: frère-orban, bara, van humbcek, graux, rolin-jacquemyns, sainctelette; further on, general baron goffinet, count john d'oultremont, etc. — at the foot of the platform, on either side, two groups of artistic and political personalities: in the first, on the left: gevaert, gallait, balat, de winne, paul de vigne, balthazar-florence, paul janson and franz verhas, brother of the painter; in the second, on the right: verwée, emile wauters, beyaert, slingeneyer, arthur stevens, etc. — in the procession that parades, at the head of the students of the model school of brussels, led by its director mr. Sluys, we notice the committee of the league of education, composed of messrs. Count e. Goblet d'alviella, ch. Buis, p. Tempels, g. Jottrand, e. Reisse. Finally, on the right of the painting the group of mayors and aldermen among which: messrs. Vanderstraeten and de l'eau d'andrimont, aldermen of brussels; doctor f. Jottrandi, mayor of saint-josse-ten-noode; macau d'ixelles; collignon, of schaerbeek; fonsny, of saint-gilles; bockstael, of laeken, etc. Mr. Jules anspach, mayor of brussels, stands on the first steps of the platform. Object Type: painting. Date: 1880. Dimensions: height: 241 cm (94.8 in) ; width: 423 cm (13.8 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Leopold II of Belgium, Marie Henriette of Austria. Collection: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Jan Verhas (1834-1896) Optocht van de scholen in 1878 - Old Masters Museum Brussel 30-4-2017 11-18-20
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