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608498, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
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Full text | 280. Route 23. LOUVAIN. From Mechlin In the Council-chamber are an interior of the church of S. Peter in 1667 by W. De Smet; the Adoration of the Shepherds by J. Cossiers and D. Delmonte, 1643, etc. In the Reception- rooms are Moses presented.to Pharaoh, by P. J. Verhaghen, 1786, the Resurrection of Christ by 0. Van Veen, and the Guar- dian Angel hy G. De Craeyer, etc. In the Burgomaster’s apartments, Ist floor, are 2 fine portraits by Muereveld, 1629; in the Treasury is preserved a gold key presented to the town in 1710 by Charles III in recognition of its fidelity; its valne is about 83 1. The Salle du Mariage has a fine oak roof, the corbels and bosses of which are beautifully carved with scenes from the life of Christ by J. Beyaert, 1468; here are 3 large paint- ings, the Preaching of S. John Bap. by R. Van Orley; the 4 Ele- ments, and Moses before the burning bush by B. Beschey, 1744; and the Descent from the Cross and the Martyrdom of S. Stephen after Rubens. Ina small room adjoining are a splendid oak roof: with numerous-pendents carved by J. Beyaert, a Tr. by M. Van Cocacyen, repr. in centre, the Ascension, and on side-panels, the portraits of G. Morillon, secretary of Charles V, d. 1548, and his family with their patrons §. Guy and S. Elisabeth of Hungary; 2 side-panels of a Tr. by De Vos, and a Crucifixion by De Volders. In the large room on the 2nd story area Descent from the Cross by Th. Van Loon; the B. V. with angels by £. Quedlin, the Con- version of S. Paul and the death of Simon Magus by J. Van Ril- laer, 1320; also a plan and model of S. Peter's (see p. 281), and the barrow in which Charles, Duke of Lorraine, wheeled away the Ist sod dug from the canal to Boom in 1750. In the granary above are a portion of theanct. brackets of the facade, and the ironwork of the windows of the treasury. : The Couteciare Cnurca or S. Perer is a majestic edilice, the plan of which is a latin cross, 296 ft. long by 75 broad. Founded in 1040, it was destroyed by fire in 1130 and again in 1373; the present building was commenced in 1420, and seems to have been built at once in a uniform and well digested plan. Before 1436 the W. end was flanked by 2 towers destroyed by a fire; in 1459 the foundations of 2 new towers were laid, but the works were very soon suspended. In 1507 a design was made to replace these by a new W. front consisting of 3 towers with stone spires of open work; the central one was to have been 535 ft. high (anct. measure of Louvain) and the side ones 430 ft. each; these however were only raised to the height of the 4th stage when the works were discontinued and a temporary wooden spire erected in the centre, which was with the 2 upper stories of the towers blown down by a storm in 1604. The original design of 1307, on a large sheet of parchment, and a model of the same in |
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Source listing | Weale, W.H. James, Belgium, Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne: an entirely new guide book for travellers, 608498, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |