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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10446310, member: 2844"]It is in two languages, French and Dutch.</p><p>Belgium has three official languages, Dutch, French and German. German is only spoken in a very small region.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leuven is a town in Belgian Brabant, and the people speak Dutch.</p><p>However, in the days this painting was made and sold, the French-speaking community was dominant, even in Dutch-speaking regions where the majority of the population lived. So texts were in French first, then in Dutch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10446310, member: 2844"]It is in two languages, French and Dutch. Belgium has three official languages, Dutch, French and German. German is only spoken in a very small region. Leuven is a town in Belgian Brabant, and the people speak Dutch. However, in the days this painting was made and sold, the French-speaking community was dominant, even in Dutch-speaking regions where the majority of the population lived. So texts were in French first, then in Dutch.[/QUOTE]
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