In the centre of the Iris garden, the statue of a young girl being saved from the waters is quite moving. Cross the boulevard to enter the sculpture garden, featuring two works by the great sculptor Constantin Meunier, ‘The Harvester’ and ‘The Sower’, created in the 1890s. Constantin Meunier set out to magnify the efforts of modest people and the beauty of their gestures. And he succeeded. A little further on, you can admire ‘Winter’, another striking sculpture by Pierre-Jean Braecke. What did the chic people of the Belle Epoque think when they came to relax in the botanical garden, surrounded by so much evidence of suffering?
Bourgeoisie and suffering
Location: Boulevard Saint-Lazare, 1210 Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
