Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Art museum in central Antwerp, Belgium
The Museum Mayer van den Bergh is an art museum in Antwerp, housed in a neo-Gothic townhouse built in the early 20th century, displaying medieval and Renaissance works. The rooms hold paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects, mainly from the Low Countries, arranged in a way that feels close to a private home.
Fritz Mayer van den Bergh spent the last two decades of the 19th century building his art collection before dying young in 1901. His mother Henriette then had the neo-Gothic building designed by architect Joseph Hertogs erected to house and share the collection with the public.
Die Sammlung enthält Werke von Pieter Bruegel dem Älteren
The museum sits in central Antwerp and can be reached on foot from other well-known sites in the city center. It is worth checking opening days before your visit, as the museum is closed on public holidays.
The museum holds the Mayer van den Bergh Breviary, an illustrated manuscript from the 15th century with around 1,412 pages, originally made for a Portuguese patron. The fact that such a work ended up in Antwerp shows how merchant trade routes connected art commissions across the whole of Europe.
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