Groeninge Museum

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Djiver 12, Bruges, Belgium

Description: The Groeninge Museum's permanent collection offers a fascinating glimpse into 600 years of Flemish and Belgium art. 11 rooms house everything from Flemish Primitives (the painting school and style of the Southern Netherl...Read More

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Tues.-Sun. 9:30-5 Close
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EUR 8, includes an audioguide, combination ticket EUR 15
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Groeninge Museum

by Mandan Lynn

Smithwick, South Dakota

September 4, 2006

Groeninge MuseumTuseday-Sunday 9:30-5:00 pmAdmission: 8,00 euros (students and youth 6,00)You can also purchase a pass for 15,00 euros that gains you entrance to five different museums in Bruges.Overall, I wasn't terribly impressed. The admission ...Read more

From journal Belgium: Waffles, Chocolate and More!

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by mightywease

Carshalton, United Kingdom

July 1, 2006

Best of IgoUgo The Groeningemuseum is a small, fascinating, and world-class art gallery/museum in Bruges. The permanent collection includes paintings by early Flemish artists Jan Van Eyck and Hans Memling plus works by Gerard David, Hieronymus Bosch and, from more ...Read more

From journal Bruges - The Epitome of Charm

Groeninge Museum

by Ed Hahn

Hong Kong, China

August 4, 2005

Best of IgoUgo We walk from the Municipal Square to the Groeninge Museum also bureaucratically called 'The city museum of Fine Arts'. This museum is housed in an old restored palace-type residence and is one of the most efficiently organized museums I've visited. ...Read more

From journal Bruges and Ypres Salient - Beautiful and Horrible

Groeningen Museum

by travelprone

Carlsbad, California

April 11, 2002

Best of IgoUgo Marvellous museum with superb audio-guide included with admission price. Basically features artists who worked in Bruges from 14th century to present, but the glories are to be found in the religious but humanly realistic works of the Flemish ...Read more Marvellous museum with superb audio-guide included with admission price.

Basically features artists who worked in Bruges from 14th century to present, but the glories are to be found in the religious but humanly realistic works of the Flemish primitives.

My favorite was Jan van Eyck's "Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele," an early 15th century triptych that shows the comissioner of the work, Van der Paele, complete with furrows and wrinkles, his spectacles at the ready over his book. As he gazes at the Madonna, flanked by St. George, his patron saint, and St. Donation, he is realized in his somewhat abundant flesh. Here, the two phase guide really helped; after listening to the general description, I pressed for a more in-depth coverage and found out a cathedral dedicated to St. Donation , which had been in Bruges since the 9th century, was destroyed by the French in 1799. The presence of an African parrot, gorgeously colorful,elaborate vestments and equally resplendent carpets in the scene attested to the cosmopolitan aura of trade-wealthy Bruges during the Canon's time.

Van Eyck's portrait of his wife, as well as other portraits , notably by Peter Pourbos, an artist new to me, demonstrated technical ability and interest in depicting real people with exquisite felicity to telling details. Though most of the works here are religious in theme, the details convey human faces so very vivid they seem alive. No one who sees David's "The Judgment of Cambyses" will ever forget the contrast between the horrible flaying while alive of the judge, surrounded by nonchalant witnesses going about their everyday business scarcely noticing what's going on. What impact on the viewer this contrast has!

This is the "must see" museum in Bruges.The treasures here are worth far more than the treasures one can pick up in the chic shops where most tourists seemed to be when we were visiting a sparsely attended museum. All the better for us - just 2 hours of unhurried perusing.

From journal Bruges is beautiful

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