Masterpieces from Belgium
During the Europeana 280 campaign, we asked the Belgian Ministry of Culture to select some artistic highlights from Belgian collections.
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Acrasia : Jeune femme nue de face, au regard envoûtant et aux lèvres gonflées, à l'abondante chevelure, en appui sur la jambe gauche, le pied droit relevé en arrière. Britomart : Jeune femme en armure médiévale enfilée au-dessus de longs voiles.
Ironing' is an iconic work by painter and sculptor Rik Wouters. It is an image of sunlight, warmth and brightness in the artist's home. With an intense sense of joie de vivre, Wouters succeeded here in enhancing the room around him. To him, daily …
"Master Joris Van der Paele, canon of this church, had this painting made by Johannes Van Eyck, painter; and he founded two chantries, to be tended by the canons, 1434; the painting was, however, completed in 1436." So reads the Latin inscriptio…
The altarpiece used only to be opened on feast-days. For the rest of the time, the wings were closed, so that all that could be seen was the Annunciation. the colours of the open painting are deliberately brighter and more festive than those of the closed…
Une femme de profil, au port altier, seulement vêtue de bas noirs ornés d'une rangée verticales de fleurs roses et rouges, retenus par des jarretières bleues, de longs gants noirs, de bracelets dorés, d'une large ceinture dorée avec un gros noeud …
Les Grecs et les Troyens se disputant le corps de Patrocle
Manuscrit exécuté dans la Région mosane (Belgique) entre 1150 et 1175.
Jheronimus Bosch and his art represent a unique phenomenon in art history. From the medieval language of symbols and imaginative interpretation, he forged a highly original vision dominated by religious themes with moralizing messages. As a composition, t…