Jef Dillen (Jef Dillen)

Jef Dillen

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.

Born

  • January, 01, 1970

Died

  • January, 01, 1970

Cemetery

  • Laken Cemetery
  • Belgium

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