Gnillannie Geefs, a Belgian sculptor, born in Antwerp, Sept. 10; 1806, died May 10, 1860. After completing his studies he went to Paris, where he spent some time in the studio of M. Ramey. Soon after returning to Belgium he obtained a commission from the Belgian government to execute a monument to the memory of the victims of the revolution of 1830. He also produced "Genevieve de Brabant,"

"Francesca da Rimini," Fisherman's Daughter,"Infant St. John," etc, and executed a statue of Rubens, a colossal marble statue of King Leopold I. for the vestibule of the national palace, and a monumental statue of Charlemagne.-His brother Joseph, born in 1808, also a sculptor, distinguished by the same qualities, has executed among other works "Adonis departing for the Chase" and an equestrian statue of Leopold I. Their brother Aloys, born about 1816, gave promise of great excellence as a sculptor, but died in 1841.