Sculptures of Lucifer
None of these works are made by myself and I disclaim all rights to them.
Costantino Corti
Lucifer (1886)
Joseph Geefs
L'ange du mal (1842)
Guillaume Geefs
Le génie du mal (1848)
None of these works are made by myself and I disclaim all rights to them.
Lucifer (1886)
L'ange du mal (1842)
Le génie du mal (1848)
There is a hilarious story behind these two sculptures made by two brothers. The first one by Joseph Geefs was commissioned by a cathedral in Belgium but was removed for being too alluring, beautiful, and tempting to young women.
So the cathedral commissioned his older brother, Guillaume Geefs, to create a sculpture on the same theme: 'the triumph of religion over the Genius of Evil'. The second sculpture looks more satanic and anguished, so they kept it. However, many people these days agree that the second sculpture is actually even more attractive.
El Ángel Caído (1877)
The fountain displaying this statue happens to stand 666 meters above sea level (which is delightful).