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Guillaume Geefs (1805-1883)
“Le génie du mal” or “The Genius of Evil” (1848)
White marble
Located in St. Paul’s Cathedral, Liège, Belgium

Geefs’ work replaced an earlier sculpture created by his younger brother Joseph Geefs (L'ange du mal) which was removed from the cathedral because of its distracting allure and “unhealthy beauty.”