Editing Manneken Pis (section)

===Origins of ''Manneken Pis''===
[[File:Ommegang 1615 (detail).jpg|thumb|Detail from ''The Ommegang in Brussels on 31 May 1615'' ([[Denis van Alsloot|Denis Van Alsloot]], 1616). ''Manneken Pis'' (middle right) is dressed for the occasion.]]

The earliest mention of the existence of ''Manneken Pis'' dates from the mid-15th century,{{sfn|Mardaga|1989|p=263}}{{sfn|Deligne|2008|p=77–96}} and can be found in an administrative document from 1451–52 about the water lines supplying the fountains of Brussels.{{efn|name=fn2|The text mentions {{lang|odt|daer dmenneken pist}} in [[Old Dutch]], meaning "where the little boy pees".{{sfn|Deligne|2008|p=77–96}}}} From the beginning, the fountain played an essential role in the distribution of [[drinking water]]. It stood on a column and poured water into a double rectangular basin of stone. The only representations of this first statue can be found, very schematically, on a map by the [[Cartography|cartographer]]s [[Georg Braun]] and [[Frans Hogenberg]], in which the fountain appeared to be installed directly on the street and not on a corner as it is today. ''Manneken Pis'' is depicted again in a painting from 1616 by the [[court painter]]s [[Denis van Alsloot|Denis Van Alsloot]] and [[Antoon Sallaert]] representing [[Ommegang of Brussels|Brussels' Ommegang]] of 1615, as well as in a preparatory drawing to this painting, in which it is dressed as a shepherd.{{sfn|Vautier|Houbrechts|Van Sprang|2012|p=129–142}}{{sfn|Patigny|2019|p=96}}

The first statue was replaced with a new [[bronze]] version, commissioned in 1619 by the [[Brussels Town Hall|Brussels City Council]].{{sfn|Mardaga|1989|p=263}}{{sfn|De Roose|1999|p=20}} This {{convert|55.5|cm|in|-tall|adj=mid}}<ref name=":4" />{{efn|name=fn1}} bronze statue, on the corner of the {{lang|fr|Rue de l'Étuve|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Stoofstraat|italic=no}} and the {{lang|fr|Rue des Grands Carmes|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Lievevrouwbroerstraat|italic=no}}, was conceived by the [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabantine]] sculptor [[:fr:Jérôme Duquesnoy l'Ancien|Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder]],{{sfn|Miller|1998}}{{sfn|De Roose|1999|p=20}}{{sfn|De Vries|2003|p=51–54}} father of the architect and sculptor [[Jerôme Duquesnoy (II)|Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger]] and the famous sculptor [[François Duquesnoy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=RKD Research |url=https://research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/https://data.rkd.nl/artists/124425 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=research.rkd.nl}}</ref> It was probably cast and installed in 1620.{{efn|name=fn3|As seen on the current base of the original statue kept at the Brussels City Museum.}} During that time, the column supporting the statue and the double rectangular basin collecting water were completely remodelled by the stone cutter Daniel Raessens.{{sfn|Mardaga|1989|p=263}}{{sfn|Patigny|2019|p=96, 126}}