Museum Mayer van den Bergh
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. The collection once belonged to art collector Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (died 1901). The major works are from the Gothic and Renaissance period in the Netherlands and Belgium, including numerous paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
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History
Fritz Mayer van den Bergh, born in 1858, collected art for most of his life, making his most expensive and important additions between 1897 and his death in 1901. His mother built a neo-gothic house in the banking district of Antwerp between 1901 and 1904, as a museum for the collection of some 1,000 pieces of mostly Northern Renaissance art.Collection
- Breviarium Mayer van den Bergh, a late 15th century or early 16th century illustrated manuscript of 1412 pages, probably made for a rich Portuguese in Antwerp by Flemish miniaturists from the school of Ghent and Bruges.
- Pieter Brueghel the ElderPieter Brueghel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
: Dulle Griet (Mad Meg or Dull GretDull GretDull Gret, also known as Mad Meg, is the anglicized version of Dulle Griet, a figure of Flemish folklore who is the subject of a 1562 painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. The painting depicts a peasant woman, Mad Meg, who leads an army of women to pillage Hell...
), ca. 1562 - Pieter Brueghel the ElderPieter Brueghel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
: Proverbs' - Master Heinrich of Constance, Christ and Saint John Group, 14th century
- Pieter HuysPieter HuysPieter Huys , was a Flemish Renaissance painter.-Biography:Little is known of his early life, and though he was mostly active in Antwerp, his place of birth and death is not certain. According to the RKD he became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1545, and his last dated work is from 1577...
, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1577 - Jan MabuseJan MabuseJan Mabuse was the name adopted by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert; or Jennyn van Hennegouwe , as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of St Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.-Biography:Little is known of his early life...
, Magdalen - Quentin MatsysQuentin MatsysQuentin Matsys was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where legend states he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter...
, Crucifixion