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K 29612:[a,1,11], Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
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Full text | 186 Route 73. ANTWERP. Royal Museum: in Antwerp. On the S. the Rue des Tanneurs is adjoined by the Longue Rue de Hopital (Lange Gasthuis-Straat), No. 29 in which is the former Girls’ Orphanage, built in 1552 and now occupied by the administration of the publiccharities. Above the door is a taste- ful relief representing a school of the 16th century. The modern Gothic Church of St. George (Pl. ©, 4, 5; adm. at noon and towards evening on application to the sacristan, fee 1/y fr. ), erected in 1848-53 from designs by L. Suys the Younger, contains mural paintings of scenes from the life of Christ by Guffens and Swerts, executed in 1859-68. To the left, at the beginning of the Rue Léopold, is the Theatre Royal (Pl. C, 4; p. 167), originally built in 1834 and much altered in 1863. — Farther on, to the left, at the corner of the Rue d’Arem- berg, is the house of the Cercle Artistiywe, Littéraire, et Scientifique (Flem.Kunst- Verbond); to the right, the Botanic Garden (Kruidtuin or Jardin Botanique; Pl. C, 4), which contains a Botanical Museum (adm. for scientific visitors 5-7 and 9-10 p.m.), a palm-house, and a statue of P. Coudenberg, an Antwerp botanist of the 16th cent., by De Cuyper. Behind the National Bank is the small Place Léopold(Pl. C, 4,5), embellished with an Equestrian Statue of Leopold I., in bronze, designed by J. Geefs (1868). d. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts. The *Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts (Koninglyk Museum van Schoone Kunsten; Pl. B, 5) was erected in 1879-90 by J. J. Win- ders and Fr. van Dyck. The main entrance, in the W. facade, is by a portico supported by four colossal Corinthian columns and flanked on the upper story by loggie. The Attic story is embellished with allegorical figures and medallions by Dupuis, De Pleyn, Du- eaju, and Fabri. The horizontal line of the upper cornice is inter- rupted at the corners by pylon-shaped pedestals supporting two horse chariots by Vineotte. — On the rear of the building is a bronze group, by L. Mignon, intended to honour the painter Sir A. Van Dyck. In the grounds in front of the W. facade of the museum are some bronze sculptures: “Stevedore (‘Le Débardeur’), by C. Meunier ; Danaides, by Jacques Marin; The kiss, by L. Mascré; Boy at a well, by Alf. van Beurden; Vulture fighting with a jaguar, by Jos. Dupon. On the groundfloor, in the left wing, are the sculptures, in the tight wing, the Rubens and Van Dyck Collections; on the upper floor is the picture gallery. Adm., sce p. 168; no charge for um- brellas, ete. Director, M. Pol de Mont (p. xvii). There are two cata- logues (published also in French, German, and English): J. Old Masters (1905), 2 fr. ; II. Modern Artists (1905), 1 fr. Album with 200 reproductions from the old masters, 3 fr. |
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Acknowledgements | K 29612:[a,1,11], Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |
Source listing | Baedeker, Karl, Belgium and Holland, including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: handbook for travellers, K 29612:[a,1,11], Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |