Statue of Egmont

[1] In 1814, the Zottegem city council started a campaign to erect a statue of Egmont on the central market square.

In 1820, sculptor Jan-Robert Calloigne presented a plaster model of Egmont's statue at the Ghent Salon of the Royal Society of Fine Arts and Literature.

In 1872, the statue was cast in wrought iron by Edmond Zégut in the French Usines de Tusey.

In the 1990s, the Dutch town of Egmond aan den Hoef (cradle of the House of Egmont) got the idea of erecting a statue as well.

In 1997, Dirk De Groeve from Hansbeke made a bronze copy of the statue in Zottegem.