Discus throwing the disc

Discus throwing the disc, Mathieu Kessels (1784-1836). Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality. Being determined to go to Rome, he was accepted as an apprentice of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, probably in 1818. In a competition for young artists, organized by Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova, Kessels in 1819 won the highest award with his terracotta Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, a piece of frank and beautiful workmanship. In Rome he became a member, later professor of the Academy of St. Luke and of the Institute of the Netherlands. He also was a member of the academies in Amsterdam (from 1824 onwards) and Antwerp. For more updates, please consider to follow me on Twitter at @GeoffreyMarchal.