File:Brussels, Kessels' Discobole, life-size plaster model – shoulders.jpg

Matthias Kessels: Q124821366
Artist	Matthias Kessels  (1784–1836)    Alternative names Mathieu Kessels Description Dutch sculptor Date of birth/death 20 May 1784  4 March 1836  Location of birth/death Maastricht Rome Work period 1799 –1836  Work location Saint Petersburg (1806–1814); Venlo; Paris (1806); Hamburg; Maastricht; Paris (1816); Rome (1819)  Authority file : Q353336 VIAF: 45107869 ISNI: 0000000066771386 ULAN: 500094774 LCCN: nr95019058 DBNL: kess031 WorldCat
Title	French: Discobole lançant le disque Dutch: Discuswerper werpt zijn discus label QS:Lfr,"Discobole lançant le disque" label QS:Lnl,"Discuswerper werpt zijn discus"
Object type	sculpture
Description	English: Real size plaster model of Kessels' most famous version of the Discus thrower, created in Rome in 1822/1823. For some details, please see ► https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brussels,_Kessels%27_Discobole,_life-size_plaster_model.jpg
Date	circa 1822
Medium	plaster
Dimensions	height: 182 cm (71.6 in) ; width: 108.5 cm (42.7 in) ; depth: 70.5 cm (27.7 in)  dimensions QS:P2048,+182U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+108.5U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,+70.5U174728
Collection	Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium    Native name Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique Location City of Brussels Coordinates 50° 50′ 30.05″ N, 4° 21′ 29.66″ E   Established 1801 Website www.fine-arts-museum.be Authority file : Q377500 VIAF: 125290757 ISNI: 0000000406110534 LCCN: n83200296 NLA: 35023174 GND: 37656-5 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q377500
Current location	Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Accession number	484 (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)
References	BALaT object ID: 20014786

Camera location	50° 50′ 29.58″ N, 4° 21′ 29.34″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	50.841550; 4.358150

Height 170/182 cm, with/without plinth.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – Room 55. Inv. N°484.
The coordinates correspond to the entrance of the Museums : Rue de la Régence, 3, Regentschapsstraat, Brussels, Belgium.

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