This work by the artist Michelangelo Circo describes a curve, a spiral movement that mirrors the golden ratio and Fibonacci curve. He has used Corten steel to allow nature to patinate the work, react with it and, after hundreds of years, render it ephemeral. This choice of material is also a homage to the iron and steel and other industries that developed in the artist’s much-loved Centre region. A foundation, or artistic base, on which Life rests.

•  Joins the Regional & Estate History collection
•  Donated by the Cercle royal des Amis de Mariemont

This imposing linen and silk tapestry (470 cm x 275 cm), dating back to the second half of the 16th century, is thought to have come from Enghien, Oudenaarde or Brussels.

It depicts a hunt with birds of prey in which Charles V and his sister, Mary of Hungary, both on horseback, appear to be taking part. Right in the heart of a beautiful forest setting we can see a group of buildings which could well be Mariemont estate at the time.

•  Undergoing restoration
•  Will join the Regional & Estate History collection
•  Donated by the Cercle royal des Amis de Mariemont

This is a bronze Gallo-Roman statuette of the god Jupiter-Taranis as a cavalier. It dates back to the 2nd century CE.

•  Joins the Regional & Estate Archaeology collection
•  Donated by the Cercle royal des Amis de Mariemont