Jacques van Artevelde
Statue of Jacques van Artevelde (1290-1345) in Vrydagmarkt.
"In the centre of the square, on the site occupied by the statue of Charles V. destroyed in 1792, rises a bronze Statue of Jacques van Artevelde, over lifesize, executed by De Vigne-Quyo (1863). The powerful demagogue is represented fully accoutred, in the act of delivering the celebrated speech in which he succeeded in persuading the citizens of Ghent to enter into an alliance with England against the will of the Count of Artois. The reliefs on the pedestal have reference to the three most important treaties concluded by Artevelde on behalf of Flanders."--Baedeker 1910.
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