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. Saint Barbara (1437)
Jan van Eyck’s painting of St Barbara, in VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
tones of grey, shows her sitting in front
of a huge Gothic cathedral tower still Practical Information
under construction. A prayer book lies Leopold de Waelplaats 1–9.
open on her lap. Tel (03) 2387809. & 9
7 - = ∑ kmska.be
Note: The museum will be closed
to the public for renovation until
2019. Some of its artworks will be
relocated to and displayed at other
museums in Antwerp.
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@ 1, 23, 290. v 4, 8, 12, 24.

. The Lance (1620)
One of Pieter Paul
Rubens’s best-known
religious masterpieces,
this painting displays
a remark able freedom
of composition.

Woman Ironing by
Rik Wouters

Key to Floorplan
15th-century paintings
16th-century paintings 19th-century salon
16th–18th-century sketches 20th-century paintings
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1629)
17th-century paintings Temporary exhibitions
Anthony van Dyck painted several versions
19th-century sculpture Museum history of this subject, with different notes of
19th-century paintings Non-exhibition space emotional intensity in each.

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