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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 371950, member: 2844"]Stephen, your big ol' French-German girl is Belgian.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> She is lovely, btw. And much better quality than that German kitsch girl.</p><p>The original was made by Belgian sculptor Gustave van Vaerenbergh, 1873-1927. More of his work:</p><p><a href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/gustave-van-vaerenbergh/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/gustave-van-vaerenbergh/" rel="nofollow">http://www.artnet.com/artists/gustave-van-vaerenbergh/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A little clue for future searches: When you see a surname that starts with 'van', think Dutch or Belgian. When you see it together with a French term, think Belgian. Not a golden rule, but it usually helps.</p><p>It also helps when the piece is signed properly, of course.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 371950, member: 2844"]Stephen, your big ol' French-German girl is Belgian.:D She is lovely, btw. And much better quality than that German kitsch girl. The original was made by Belgian sculptor Gustave van Vaerenbergh, 1873-1927. More of his work: [URL]http://www.artnet.com/artists/gustave-van-vaerenbergh/[/URL] A little clue for future searches: When you see a surname that starts with 'van', think Dutch or Belgian. When you see it together with a French term, think Belgian. Not a golden rule, but it usually helps. It also helps when the piece is signed properly, of course.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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