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Born April 12, 1831 • Etterbeek • Belgium
Died April 4, 1905 (aged 73) • Ixelles • Belgium
Movement / Style realism

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Miner at the Vein, bronze sculpture by Constantin Meunier, c. 1892; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 48.26 × 44.45 × 33.97 cm.
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