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Crocifissione (1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Calvary) 1475 Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The dead Christ hangs from the Cross on Golgotha, also known as Mount Calvary. The Virgin Mary is mourning at his…

Madonna at the Fountain (1439)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…

Saint Barbara (1437)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Saint Barbara 1437 Oil on panel, 32 x 18.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Barbara was the daughter of a nobleman who wanted to hide her away from admirers by locking her up in…

Antwerp (Belgium)

Antwerp in Art: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le quai à Anvers 1874 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin     Museums: • Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten: Leopold De Waelplaats 2, 2000 Antwerpen…

Belgium

Cities: • Antwerp • Bruges • Brussels • Chimay • Ghent • La Louvière • Lessines • Liège • Maaseik • Namur • Ostend • Seraing • Tournai • Waterloo