The Divine Hope at The Fine Arts Museum in Ghent, Belgium

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Jan Antoine van der Ven (Den Bosh 1799-1866) was a sculptor, draftsman and director of academy. The subjects represented in his pieces were portraits, figure ans mythology.  His period of activity was between 1814-1866. He attended the Royal School of Visual Arts in Den Bosh, Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Academie des Beaux-Arts in Brusselsd and the Ecole des Beaux- Arts in Paris.He was pupil of Jan Frans van Yellow. In 1858 became director of the Royal School of Visual Arts in Den Bosch.  He was teacher of Charles-Henry Geerts, Lambert Hazemans, Piet Butcher and Edouard Francois Marchant. He won a competition in Rome for sculpture at the Antwerp Academy in 1981.(Credit; Rkd)This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email stw@myminifactory.com to find out how you can help.Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)