The Groeningemuseum is a municipal

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Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

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, built on the site of the medieval

Eekhout Abbey Eekhout Abbey ( nl, Eekhoutabdij) was a medieval house of Augustinian Canons in Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. History The origin of the abbey, dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, was traditionally linked to the religious community that had grown ...

. It houses a collection of Flemish and Belgian painting covering six centuries, from

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. A ...

to Marcel Broodthaers. The museum's highlights include

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s, works by

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and

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masters, as well as a selection of paintings from the 18th and 19th century neo-classical and realist periods, milestones of Belgian

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ism and

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, masterpieces of Flemish Expressionism and many items from the city's collection of

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Works include

: **'' The Madonna with Canon van der Paele'' (1436) **'' Portrait of Margareta van Eyck'' (1439) **'' Portrait of Christ'' (1440) *

Pieter Pourbus Pieter Jansz. Pourbus (c. 1523–1584) was a Flemish Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer and cartographer who was active in Bruges during the 16th century. He is known primarily for his religious and portrait paintings.

* Gerard David ** '' The Judgment of Cambyses Part 1, The Judgment of Sisamnes'' (1498) ** '' The Judgment of Cambyses Part 2, The Flaying of Sisamnes'' (1498) ** '' The Baptism of Christ'' (1502-1508) *

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/ Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on o ...

and workshop ** '' The Last Judgement'' (c. 1486) *

Adriaen Isenbrandt Adriaen Isenbrandt or Adriaen Ysenbrandt (between 1480 and 1490 – July 1551) was a painter in Bruges, in the final years of Early Netherlandish painting, and the first of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting of the Northern Renaissance. ...

: **'' Portrait of Paulus de Nigro'' (1518) **''

Triptych A triptych ( ; from the Greek adjective ''τρίπτυχον'' "''triptukhon''" ("three-fold"), from ''tri'', i.e., "three" and ''ptysso'', i.e., "to fold" or ''ptyx'', i.e., "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided ...

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Hugo van der Goes Hugo van der Goes (c. 1430/1440 – 1482) was one of the most significant and original Early Netherlandish painting, Flemish painters of the late 15th century. Van der Goes was an important painter of altarpieces as well as portraits. He introduce ...

**''

Death of the Virgin The Death of the Virgin Mary is a common subject in Western Christian art, the equivalent of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Eastern Orthodox art. This depiction became less common as the doctrine of the Assumption gained support in the Roma ...

'' (c. 1472–1480) *

Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam, he returned to work in his ...

: **'' Portrait of Four Children'' (1657) *

Jan Provoost Jan Provoost, or Jean Provost, or Jan Provost (1462/65 – January 1529) was a Belgian painter born in Mons. Provost was a prolific master who left his early workshop in Valenciennes to run two workshops, one in Bruges, where he was made a burghe ...

**''

Crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagi ...

'' (ca 1500) **''

Last Judgment The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

'' for the Bruges town hall (1525) *

Dirk Bouts Dieric Bouts (born c. 1415 – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter. Bouts may have studied under Rogier van der Weyden, and his work was influenced by van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. He worked in Leuven from 1457 (or possibly earlier) ...

**''Triptych of the ''Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus'' *

Fernand Khnopff Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter. Life Youth and training Fernand Khnopff was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Khnopf ...

**''Secret-Reflet'' * René Magritte **''L'Attentat'' * Vigor van Heede **''Allegorical portrait of a man''

Sources

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External links

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