The Museum Catharijneconvent (St. Catherine's Convent Museum) is a museum of religious art in
Utrecht
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Netherlands
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. It is located in the former
St. Catharine convent, having been sited there since 1979. Its collections include many artifacts from the museum of religious art of the Catholic
Archbishopric of Utrecht, located in the convent until 1979. In 2006 the convent closed for restoration. It is part of the
Utrecht Museum Night.
Collection
The museum has an extensive collection of historical and art-historical objects from the early
Middle Ages
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to the present. The vast collection presents a picture of
Protestant
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and
Catholic
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art and cultural history of the Netherlands, and its impact on Dutch society. The collection includes richly illustrated manuscripts,
book-bindings decorated with precious stones, richly-worked images, paintings,
altarpieces, pieces of clothing and ecclesiastical objects in gold and silver. Among the highlights in the collection are the 9th-century
chalice
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of
Saint Lebuinus and
carved ivories from the
Lebuïnuskerk in
Deventer.
Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries is represented by a selection of works by
Jan van Scorel
Jan van Scorel (1 August 1495 – 6 December 1562) was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was one of the early painters of the Ro ...
and
Pieter Saenredam, and more recent Dutch artworks by
Jan Toorop,
Shinkichi Tajiri
Shinkichi Tajiri (Los Angeles, December 7, 1923 – Baarlo, Netherlands, March 15, 2009) was an American sculptor who resided in the Netherlands from 1956 onwards. He was also active in painting, photography and cinematography.
Childhood and ...
,
Frans Franciscus,
Guido van der Werve
Guido van der Werve (born 1977) is a Dutch filmmaker and visual artist.
Personal details
Van der Werve was born in Papendrecht, the Netherlands and currently lives and works in Finland and Berlin. He pursued studies in industrial design, archae ...
and .
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Religious museums in the Netherlands
Museums in Utrecht (city)
Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands
Museums established in 1979