Broel Museum

Broel Museum
Established	1981
Location	6 Broelkaai 8500, Kortrijk, Belgium
Director	Isabelle De Jaegere
Website	Official website

The Broel Museum (Broelmuseum) was an art museum, focusing on classical and applied arts of the 18th - 19th century. It's located on the Buda Island in Courtray, Belgium. The building is a converted 18th-century neoclassical mansion, located at 6 Broelkaai. Since the end of 2014, the museum has closed its doors. Under the name of 'Broelkaai 6', the location is being turned into a platform for visual arts, and is scheduled to reopen in 2018.

Exhibits

The main focus of the museum is artists from the area, or who are currently living in Kortijk, including; Roelant Savery, Karel van Mander, Kerstiaen De Keuninck, Louis Pierre Verwee, Évariste Carpentier, Louis Robbe, Edward Woutermaertens, Joos Vincent de Vos with a prominence of art from the 16th and 19th centuries.^[1]

Gallery of works

Triptych of Virgin Mary with Elisabeth of Hungary (1470)
Fowl and vegetables by Adriaen van Utrecht (1620-1652)
Entering the harbour by Egide Linnig (mid-19th century)
The Fox (1860s) by Joos Vincent de Vos
An Intimate Conversation (c. 1892) by Évariste Carpentier

References

↑ "Broelmuseum | Stad Kortrijk". Kortrijk.be. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

Coordinates: 50°49′51″N 3°15′58″E / 50.8307°N 3.2662°E / 50.8307; 3.2662

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[1] "Broelmuseum | Stad Kortrijk". Kortrijk.be. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2011-03-04.