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Groeningemuseum
Bruges’ premier fine arts museum, the Groeninge
holds a fabulous collection of early Flemish and Dutch
masters, featuring artists such as Jan van Eyck (d.1441)
and Hieronymous Bosch (1450–94), famous for the
strange freakish creatures of his moral allegories. Hugo
van der Goes is well represented too, as is Gerard David
(d.1523). These early works are displayed on the ground . Virgin and Child with Canon
floor of the museum, as well as a collection of later (1436)
Belgian painters, most notably Paul Delvaux (1897– Jan van Eyck’s richly detailed painting
1994) and René Magritte (1898–1967). Originally built is noted for its realism. It shows van
Eyck’s patron, the canon, being
between 1929 and 1930 on land belonging to the presented to St Donatian by
former Eekhout Abbey, the museum is small and St George.
displays its collection in rotation, along with various
temporary exhibitions.

. The Moreel Triptych
(1484)
This panel of the triptych,
by German-born artist
Hans Memling, was
designed to adorn the
altar in a Bruges church.
It depicts the prominent
Bruges family Moreel,
and is said to be the first
ever group portrait.

Last Judgement
Painted on three oak panels in the early
16th century, this detail from Hieronymous
Bosch’s famous triptych depicts scenes of
cruelty and torture. The strong moral tone of
the work suggests that man’s sinful nature has
created a hell on earth.

Portrait of Bruges Family
(1645)
Jacob van Oost the Elder’s
focus on the affluence of this
family surveying their
beloved city shows why he
was Bruges’ most popular
artist of the Baroque period.

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