Fritz Mayer van den Bergh by Jozef Janssens

16th-century painters - Folio from the Mayer van den Bergh Breviary - WGA15812

Museum Mayer van den Bergh is a museum in Antwerp,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, housing the collection of the art dealer and collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858-1901). The major works are from the Gothic and Renaissance period in the Netherlands and Belgium, including paintings by

Pieter Brueghel the Elder Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called gen ...

History

Fritz Mayer van den Bergh, born in 1858, collected art for most of his life, making his most expensive and important additions between 1897 and his death in 1901. He was especially interested in art from the 14th to sixteenth century, while his contemporaries considered the Gothic and Renaissance art dated. This fact enabled him to create a collection of 1.000 pieces of mostly Northern Renaissance art. After his death, his mother Henriette Mayer van den Bergh built a neo-gothic house in the banking district of Antwerp between 1901 and 1904, as a museum for the expansive art collection.

Collection

*Breviarium Mayer van den Bergh, a late 15th-century or early 16th-century illustrated manuscript of 1412 pages, probably made for a rich Portuguese in Antwerp by

Simon Bening Simon Bening (c. 1483 – 1561) was a Flemish miniaturist, generally regarded as the last major artist of the Netherlandish tradition. Bening, born either in Ghent or Antwerp, was probably trained by his father, illuminator Alexander Bening, i ...

, Gerard Horenbout and Jan Provost, Flemish miniaturists from the

Ghent-Bruges school The Ghent-Bruges School is a manner or movement of manuscript illumination from about 1475 to about 1550 that developed in southern Netherlands, now Belgium. The term was first used in 1891 by Joseph Destree, author of ''Recherches sur les elumin ...

. *

: ''Dulle Griet'' (''Mad Meg'' or ''

Dull Gret ''Dulle Griet'' (anglicized as ''Dull Gret''), also known as ''Mad Meg'', is a figure of Flemish folklore who is the subject of a 1563 oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depicts a virago, Dulle Gr ...

''), ca. 1562 *

: ''Proverbs'' *Master Heinrich of Constance, ''Christ and Saint John Group'', 14th century *

Pieter Huys Pieter Huys (c.1519 – c.1584) was a Flemish Renaissance painter. He is known of his early life, and though he was mostly active in Antwerp, his place of birth and death is not certain. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 154 ...

, ''The Temptation of Saint Anthony'', 1577 *

Jan Mabuse Jan Gossaert (c. 1478 – 1 October 1532) was a French-speaking painter from the Low Countries also known as Jan Mabuse (the name he adopted from his birthplace, Maubeuge) or Jennyn van Hennegouwe ( Hainaut), as he called himself when he matri ...

, ''Magdalen'' *

Quentin Matsys Quentin Matsys ( nl, Quinten Matsijs) (1466–1530) was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven. There is a tradition alleging that he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter. Matsys was activ ...

, ''Crucifixion'' * a Pleurant, 15th Century.

Gallery

File:12th-century painters - Evangeliarum from Saint-Amand Abbey - WGA15832.jpg, Illumination from the 12th century

Evangeliary The Evangeliary or Book of the Gospels is a liturgical book containing only those portions of the four gospels which are read during Mass or in other public offices of the Church. The corresponding terms in Latin are and . The Evangeliary develo ...

from

Saint-Amand Abbey Saint-Amand Abbey (''Abbaye de Saint-Amand''), once known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a former Rule of St. Benedict, Benedictine abbey in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord (département), Nord, France. History The abbey was founded around 633-6 ...

File:Unknown painter - Virgin and Child Enthroned with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin - WGA23878.jpg, ''Virgin and Child Enthroned with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin'' (unknown master, Italian active in the 1270s) File:Unknown painter - Resurrection - WGA23559.jpg, ''Resurrection'' from the Antwerp-Baltimore Quadriptych, ca. 1380 File:Jan Gossaert - Lady Portrayed as Mary Magdalene - WGA09768.jpg, ''Lady Portrayed as Mary Magdalene'' by Jan Gossaert dit Mabuse File:VranckeVanDerStock-Pieta.jpg, ''

Pietà The Pietà (; meaning " pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus after his body was removed from the cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a specific form ...

'' by Vrancke van der Stockt, 15th century File:Cornelia or Elisabeth Vekemans - de Vos.jpg, ''Elisabeth Vekemans als meisje'' by Cornelis de Vos, ca. 1625 File:Willem Claesz. Heda - Still-Life - WGA11243.jpg, Still life by

Willem Claeszoon Heda Willem Claesz. Heda (December 14, 1593/1594c. 1680/1682) was a Dutch Golden Age artist from the city of Haarlem devoted exclusively to the painting of still life. He is known for his innovation of the late breakfast genre of still life painti ...

, 1637 File:St Georges à cheval - Musée Mayer Van den Berghe à Anvers.JPG, Statue of Saint George, ca. 1480-1499

Notes

External links

* {{authority control Art museums and galleries in Belgium Museums in Antwerp Art museums established in 1904 1904 establishments in Belgium Former private collections