Episode of the September Days 1830
Episode of the September Days 1830 (on the Grand Place of Brussels) c1835 by Belgian Painter Egide Charles Gustave Wappers (1803 – 1874); who’s is generally considered to be Flemish in nature.
This is a chaotic scene of the Belgian Revolution of August 25, 1830; where riots erupted in Brussels followed by uprisings in other parts of he country.
Though order was briefly restored, as King William dispatched military units to the Southern Provinces; it did not last, as rioting continued and radicals began speaking of secession.
Then the States-General in Brussels voted in favor of secession and declared independence, and a National Congress was assembled.
Though King Williams appealed to the Major European Powers of the time for assistance, the 1830 London Congress recognized Belgian independence; after which Leopold I (1790 – 1865) was installed as King of the Belgians (1831 – 1865).
The painting shows the revolutionaries at the Grand Place of Brussels, which is the central square of Brussels and at the center of the piece we see a father, his son and his two daughters morning the loss of his other son, and off to the right a women in extreme grief holding a baby which may be his wife and baby child.
In this chaos a men with swords and muskets abound along with troops that abandoned their post to join the revolution.
There are women, children, horses and a dog in the ensuing mayley, with many more people in the background and peering out the windows of the building giving their support to the revolution.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image is available for purchase as a metal, acrylic and canvas print online.
Information above derived from wikipedia.org
