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leaning against each other form the middle group. They carry a ship topped by a rock and a fortress with three towers, accentuated by raised hands. It is a representation of
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realised the set of the bronze fountain. According to an inscription on the monument, Lambeaux owed the prestigious commission to Arthur Van den Nest, Alderman of Fine Arts of
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bears the inscription: "VAN/ AUGUST NOTTEBOHMS ERFGIFT/ OPGERICHT 1887". The group of sculptures and its cylindrical pedestal rests on a base of stacked rough rocks. At his feet is the giant Druon
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named Brabo, who imitating what he had done, cut off the giant's own hand and flung it into the river. The fountain reflects the moment when Brabo throws the giant's hand into the river.
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