The exhibition title Vorstelijk Verzameld (Imperial Treasures) is an allusion to Vienna’s former status as the capital of a great empire that extended all the way from Ukraine to Belgium. The Habsburgs, the royal family of the empire, were great patrons of the arts and amassed a huge collection of work by the leading artists of the day, many of them from the Low Countries. Works from Flanders and the Netherlands that go back to the 15th century form one of the two main pillars of the museum’s collection, together with the Italian Renaissance.
Among the works being brought to Bruges are paintings by Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, Jan Gossaert, Joos van Cleve, Hiëronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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