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Addressed to Amsterdam. Postmark Amsterdam 26 November 1901; Postage stamp N ° 58, 10 centimes. Manneke Pis info Wiki; In 1388 there was already a fountain on the corner of the Stoof- en de Eikstraat, of which a stone statue was part that was called Julianekensborre or Petit Julien. The statue itself has not been preserved, nor is a picture of it, but from 1452 the name Manneken Pis appears in the archives. The original of the current bronze statue was made by Hieronymus Duquesnoy the Elder in 1619 by order of the city council to decorate a public fountain. It seems as if the boy is urinating. On special occasions he pees beer or wine instead of water. Duquesnoy's bronze statuette was placed on a six-foot high plinth. It poured water into a rectangular basin. During the bombardment of 1695, the statue was hidden to be placed back on its pedestal in triumph on August 19 of that year. On that occasion the following psalm text was placed above his head: In petra exaltavit me, et nunc exaltavi caput meum super inimicos meos (The Lord placed me on a stone pedestal, and today I am sticking my head above my enemies).
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