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Van Cortenbergh, Célestin
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
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Status
- Connected
Details
Life dates
Namur, 1840 - ?, ?
Activity
1870 - 1882 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Collégiale, 6
° 25.10.1840. Bookseller. Recorded as a businessman living in Brussels at his wedding in Overijse on 2.10.1869. Retailer of photographs of a Catholic nature such as a portrait of Pope Pius IX in four different sizes in July 1870 and composite prints of "Victims of the Commune" in October 1871. Published portraits of several Catholic cardinals, 4° size at 8 fr. and CV at 1 fr. each (Le Bien Public, 19.3.1874).
1882 * - 1898 Bruxelles, Place Saint-Gudule, 13
Moved here on 17.6.1882. "The publisher Van Cortenbergh in Brussels has just published, for 10 cents, a handsome album-card photolithograph featuring the seven portraits of the Ministry for National Reparation" (Le Patriote, 5.7.1884). During his late career, Van Cortenbergh worked in tandem with his son Constant (see entry). Célestin moved to Rue des Long Chariots, 9 on 21.3.1898 to join his son Constant but chromolitho postcards and devotional items were still being retailed at Place Saint-Gudule, 13 in 1899. Célestin moved to Brussels - Saint-Gilles on 10.5.1900.
1900 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Tasson-Snel, 17
The succession of the publishing concern to his son Constant Van Cortenbergh is unclear. By this time Célestin was described as a person of independent means, having previously been a trader in religious objects. The 1900 directory lists a certain Van Cortenbergh, no initial and of no occupation, at this address. Some early collotype postcards, more indicative of activity by Constant, were also published here.
° 25.10.1840. Bookseller. Recorded as a businessman living in Brussels at his wedding in Overijse on 2.10.1869. Retailer of photographs of a Catholic nature such as a portrait of Pope Pius IX in four different sizes in July 1870 and composite prints of "Victims of the Commune" in October 1871. Published portraits of several Catholic cardinals, 4° size at 8 fr. and CV at 1 fr. each (Le Bien Public, 19.3.1874).
1882 * - 1898 Bruxelles, Place Saint-Gudule, 13
Moved here on 17.6.1882. "The publisher Van Cortenbergh in Brussels has just published, for 10 cents, a handsome album-card photolithograph featuring the seven portraits of the Ministry for National Reparation" (Le Patriote, 5.7.1884). During his late career, Van Cortenbergh worked in tandem with his son Constant (see entry). Célestin moved to Rue des Long Chariots, 9 on 21.3.1898 to join his son Constant but chromolitho postcards and devotional items were still being retailed at Place Saint-Gudule, 13 in 1899. Célestin moved to Brussels - Saint-Gilles on 10.5.1900.
1900 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Tasson-Snel, 17
The succession of the publishing concern to his son Constant Van Cortenbergh is unclear. By this time Célestin was described as a person of independent means, having previously been a trader in religious objects. The 1900 directory lists a certain Van Cortenbergh, no initial and of no occupation, at this address. Some early collotype postcards, more indicative of activity by Constant, were also published here.
Locations
1870 - 1882 / Bruxelles, Rue de la Collégiale, 6
1882 * - 1898 Bruxelles, Place Saint-Gudule, 13
1900 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Tasson-Snel, 17
1882 * - 1898 Bruxelles, Place Saint-Gudule, 13
1900 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles, Rue Tasson-Snel, 17
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_2017#1717
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Dates of creation/revision
MD / SFJ new 6.8.2020; MD revised 7.8.2020; SFJ revised 23.12.2020 & 16.3.2022 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght