Portal:Belgium/Did you know/1


 * ...that for over a hundred years, the subject of the painting now identified as the Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian (close-up pictured) by Aert van den Bossche was a mystery?
 * ...that the Compromise of Nobles was drafted in the Sablon in Brussels, which would later be the site of the execution of 18 of its signatories?
 * ...that Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave creates life-size, painted paper sculptures of wedding gowns, shoes, needlework lace, and strings of pearls?

Source

 * 1) Recent additions/2013/March, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2014/April, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2011/March, archive of Main Page appearance.