Bust of the Antwerp silversmith Jan Pieter Antoon Verschuylen

1866 - 1866

Here silversmith Jan Pieter Antoon Verschuylen (1801-1865) is wearing the medal of knight of the Order of Leopold which he received in 1860, the first artisan to be recognized in this way. For a biography of Verschuylen, see G. Van Hemeldonck in Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek, 14, 1992, columns 722-725. The Stalins family, who gave the bust to the Sterckshof, was related to the Verschuylen family. (Source: The Sterckshof Collection, 2003)

• Actors

  Willems, Joseph (Maker)

• Places and dates

  Antwerp, 1866 - 1866 (Production)

• Materials

  Plaster

• Category

  Sculpture

• Object number

  S54/244