Talk:Jeanneke Pis

Date of erection
Re the recent revision of the date of construction to the mid-1980s, I'm not at all sure it/she's that old. Can anyone back this up?

And thanks for the photo, whoever added it.

TobyJ 13:09, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

The bar
Is the ad for the bar on the street relevent to this article?


 * I don't think so. In fact I added some info on the bar (without mentioning its name) because the article qualified previously the alley as 'otherwise uninteresting' which to me was wrong.  Later on someone added some stuff on the café and mentionned the name of it.  Right now I think we could actually delete all stuff about the bar since it does not belong to the article.  Just mention the alley name without saying it is 'otherwise uninteresting' or whatever... Julien Tuerlinckx 15:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I would like to offer a counterpoint, that knowing that the Delerium Cafe is on the same street actually will increase interest in the Jeanneke Pis, giving visitors additional incentive to seek it out. Plus, the Delerium Cafe is a pilgrimage spot in its own right: with visual artifacts (mainly many antique signs) of Begian brewing well worth being noted, not just the bar's beer offerings.

Blue-grey limestone?
Looks like burnished bronze to me. Is that a replica? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 03:17, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Creator
The article says "It was made by Denis-Adrien Debouvrie". The reference that links to says "Debouvrie owns several restaurants in the Beenhouwersstraat - the most famous restaurant street in Brussels – and many more in the area around the Market Square. In 1985, Debouvrie also took the initiative to make Jeanneke Pis, a female version of Manneken Pis, the world famous bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin." Given that being a highly successful business man and good sculptor are both challenging careers that take a lot of time, I read that as saying he commissioned it, not that he was the artist who made it.--Prosfilaes (talk) 07:13, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You appear to be correct, though it seems to have been his idea. See and . Oddly, the first says he found a sculptor to make it, but it doesn't say who.  Oreo Priest  talk 15:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)