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Museum of Fine Arts. / 51.0383; 3.7238. The Museum of Fine Arts ( Dutch: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, MSK) an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark (near the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst ). The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. [1]
Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy ( fl. 1480–1510) was an unidentified Early Netherlandish painter from Bruges. His name comes from an altarpiece in the church of Saint James in Bruges, dated 1480, depicting three scenes from the life of Saint Lucy. Since then, twenty-five to thirty-five paintings have been attributed to the same hand.
Saint George 20.5 x 13.8 cm; Mass of Saint Gregory 10.2 x 6.4 cm (This particular engraving is a copy after Master W with the Key) Mass of Saint Gregory 15.2 x 12.4 cm; Mass of Saint Gregory 32.3 x 22.4 cm; Allegory of the Transience of Life 33.3 x 22.6 cm; Battle of Two Men with the Centaur 15.7 x 22.2 cm; The Young Man and the Devil 30.7 x 20 ...
This painting, in its original, dated, frame of 1496 shows a double portrait of the artist and his wife. The painter has included life-sized trompe-l'œil flies—seemingly on the painting's surface—an allusion to the classical artistic deceptions of Zeuxis and Parrhasius. The Master of Frankfurt (1460–c. 1533) was a Flemish Renaissance ...
The Belfry of Ghent ( Dutch: Belfort van Gent) is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium; the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church. Its height of 91 metres (299 ft) makes it the tallest belfry in Belgium. [3]
Vrijdagmarkt, Ghent. The Vrijdagmarkt ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvrɛidɑxmɑr (ə)kt]; "Friday Market") is a city square in the historic centre of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. It is named after the weekly tradition to stage a market every Friday morning. As one of the oldest squares in Ghent, it played an important role in the city's history.
The Master of the Von Groote Adoration is a notname given to an artist or a number of artists or various workshops active in Antwerp sometime between 1500 and 1520. [1] Whereas there are significant variations in the style of the works attributed to the master, the repetitions of certain subjects played an important role in the composition of ...
The Royal Conservatory of Ghent is a royally chartered musical institution, founded in 1835 [1] under King Leopold I. The conservatory's founding director was Martin-Joseph Mengal. Other directors have included well known Belgian composers such as Adolphe Samuel and Émile Mathieu.