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182 Route 13. ANTWERP. Old Town:
the donor of the picture, with his three sons; and St. Catharine and
the wife of the burgomaster, with their ten daughters (covered). —
Ath Chapel: Van Balen the Elder, Adoration of the Magi, on the wings
Annunciation and Visitation; opposite, Monument of J. Doncker and
his wife, with portraits, by Ryckaert. — 5th Chapel: to the left,
M. de Vos, Mary entering the Temple (triptych). Tomb of Corn.
Landschot (d. 1656), noted for his benevolence, with the inscrip-
tion: ‘men wint den hemel met gewelt, of is te koop met kracht van
geldt’. — 6th Chapel: Tomb of the Spanish general Del Pico (d. 1693).
— In the nave, Carved wooden *Pulpit by Willemsens, with the
symbols of the Evangelists and allegorical figures of Truth, Faith,
Religion, etc. (1675).
At the EK. end of the Longue Rue Neuve rises the Flemish
Theatre (p. 199), while immediately in front of the S. portal of
St. Jacques the Rue du Chéne (Hiken-Straat) leads from this street
to the Place de Meir (p. 171). — We, however, proceed to the N.,
via the Rue de St. Jacques and the Rug pr 1’ Emprrsur (Keizer-
Straat). No. 25, in the latter, is the old house of Burgomaster Rockox
(p. 192), the fagade of which was designed by Rubens. We now follow
the Ruz Amman tothe N. to the Acapimim RoyaLEe pes BEAuX-ARTS
(PI. ©, 3), which was established at the suggestion of David Teniers
the Younger and was richly endowed by Philip IV. of Spain. Since
1663 it has occupied an old Franciscan monastery, the entrance
being at Rue du Fagot 31. Along with the Academy there existed
the celebrated guild of St. Luke, founded for the promotion of art
by Philip the Good (p. xxii) about 1450, which (until 1773) all artists
in Antwerp were compelled to join.
The Rue du Fagot (Mutsaard-Straat) ends to the N.W. in the
Knapporp, in the N.E. extension of which (Marché-aux-Chevaux
or Paarden- Markt) is the small Capuchin Church (St. Antoine de
Padoue; Pl. C, 2), recently erected on the site of a small church of
1585, and containing two valuable pictures. On the W. wall of the
left aisle, *Pieta, by Van Dyck. In the choir, the first picture on
the left, St. Anthony receiving the Infant Jesus from the arms of the
Virgin, by Rubens.
c. The South-Western and South-Eastern Quarters of the
Old Town.
From the S.W. corner of the Place Verte (p. 172) the Rue des
Peignes (Kammen - Straat) and the Rus Narronatez (Pl. B, 4, 5;
tramways Nos. 3 & 4, p. 166), which intersect a little farther on,
lead to the S.W. part of the old town. — The Rue du Faucon, the
second turning on the right (W.) in the Rue des Peignes, leads to
the small Marcxé pu Venprepr (Vrydagsche-Markt), in the S.W.
angle of which is the — |
