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Jef Dillen

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Jef Dillen Famous memorial

Birth
Death
1935 (aged 56–57)
Burial
Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Add to Map
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Antiquarian and art-collector who had the astounding foresight to purchase the first copy of Rodin's 'the Thinker' when Paris rejected it, to use as his own memorial. The same statue is on Rodin's own grave in Meudon, France, but is a later copy.
Antiquarian and art-collector who had the astounding foresight to purchase the first copy of Rodin's 'the Thinker' when Paris rejected it, to use as his own memorial. The same statue is on Rodin's own grave in Meudon, France, but is a later copy.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Jun 7, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5625/jef-dillen: accessed ), memorial page for Jef Dillen (1878–1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5625, citing Cimetière de Laeken Begraafplaats, Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium; Maintained by Find a Grave.