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Le génie du mal - Wikipedia
For those that don't know the story, they were commissioned to make "Le génie du mal". Joseph, the younger brother, was originally tasked with it, but apparently this depiction was too hot for the church:
The commission was originally awarded to Geefs' younger brother Joseph, who completed L'ange du mal in 1842 and installed it the following year. It generated controversy at once and was criticized for not representing a Christian ideal.[8] The cathedral administration declared that "this devil is too sublime."[9] The local press intimated that the work was distracting the "pretty penitent girls" who should have been listening to the sermons.[10] Bishop van Bommel soon ordered the removal of L'ange du mal, and the building committee passed the commission for the pulpit sculpture to Guillaume Geefs, whose version was installed at the cathedral permanently in 1848.[11]
Then they asked the older brother, Guillaume, who made it even hotter.
