Pieter D'Hont (24 April 1917 – 12 June 1997) was a Dutch

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. He studied at the Rijksakademie in

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. D'Hont designed the statue of the

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. Most of his works are located in

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File:Symbool wijsheid dHont detail.jpg, ''Symbol of Wisdom'' (1943) in Utrecht, Netherlands File:AnneFrank dHont.jpg, ''Anne Frank'' (1960) in Utrecht, Netherlands File:Bizon Pieter dHont Beneluxlaan Utrecht.JPG, ''Bison'' (1968) in Utrecht, Netherlands 1917 births 1997 deaths Dutch male sculptors People from Hilversum Artists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch sculptors 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-sculptor-stub