 The Oldmasters Museum's entrance on the Rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat | |
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| Location | Rue de la Régence / Regentschapsstraat 3, 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′31″N 4°21′28″E / 50.84194°N 4.35778°E |
| Type | Art museum |
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| Website | www |
The Oldmasters Museum (French: Musée Oldmasters; Dutch: Oldmasters Museum) is an art museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to Old Master European painters of the 15th to the 18th centuries, with some later works. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The museum has a large and internationally important collection of Netherlandish art, mostly from the Southern Netherlands that mostly equate to modern Belgium. For example, there are valuable panels by the Flemish Primitives (including Bruegel, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin, Hieronymus Bosch, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens). There are also significant paintings and sculptures from other parts of Europe.
The museum was founded in 1801 by Napoleon.[1] It was formerly called the Royal Museum of Ancient Art (French: Musée royal d'Art ancien; Dutch: Koninklijk Museum voor Oude Kunst). It is housed in the main building of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts (Palace of Fine Arts) located at 3, rue de la Régence/Regentschapsstraat. This site is served by the tram stop Royale/Koning (on lines 92 and 93).[2][3]
- ^ "Musée Oldmasters Museum". Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Ligne 92 vers SCHAERBEEK GARE - stib.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Ligne 93 vers STADE - stib.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 17 December 2023.