Jacques Coghen
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Count Jacques Andres Coghen was the second Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Belgium, and a direct ancestor of the current King, Philippe of Belgium.
Portrait by Louis Huard
Epitaphe of Jacques Coghen, Cemetery of Laeken (by Guillaume Geefs)
Guillaume Geefs
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Guillaume Geefs, also Willem Geefs, was a Belgian sculptor. Although known primarily for his monumental works and public portraits of statesmen and nationalist figures, he also explored mythological s
Jacques Coghen
…France: Order of the Legion of Honour. Portugal: Grand Officer in the Order of Christ Death and legacy Epitaphe of Jacques Coghen, Cemetery of Laeken (by Guillaume Geefs) Jacques Coghen died in Lembeek, on 16 May 1858. He is buried at Laeken Cemetery in Brussels. After his death, his family sold his estate at Wolvendael…
illustration by Médard Tytgat
Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution
Monument to General Belliard (1838)
Cenotaph of Saint Hubert of Liège, Basilica of Saint-Hubert (1847)