An Alternate Title For This; Two Brothers Made Statues of Lucifer NSFC
In 1842, St. Paul's Cathedral in Liege, Belgium commissioned a Lucifer statue for its church from a talented sculptor named Joseph Geefs. The statue named "L'ange du mal" which in English is "The Angel of Evil". You may assume Christain Churches would never have done this, however, despite being the said ruler of Hell, Lucifer is a prominent figure of the Bible's mythos. This caused problems and worry for the female church members, that they'd see the seductive Lucifer and be distracted from teachers.
The cathedral administration proclaimed, referencing to Joseph Geefs work, that "this devil is too sublime", and that the sculpture had to be replaced by one that adheres to the Christian representation of Lucifer without being overtly seductive. So in 1848, just a mere six years later they commissioned another Lucifer statue by another talented sculptor named Guillaume Geefs, the previous sculptors older brother. Guillaume Geefs had his statue named, "La genie du mal" which in English is "The Genius of Evil".
Even though Joseph Geefs statue is more accurate toward the sacred scriptures the church were displeased as apparently, they didn't want to stay true to the text, in this case. Guillaume Geefs's statue received acclaim from the religious authorities as it kept the classical idea of beauty but discarded the overt sexuality because it added a little more cloth to the fallen angel's groin. However, thankfully keeping those scintillating chiseled abs free.
(Left is Joseph Geefs's work. Right is Guillaume Geefs's work)
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