Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels (Belgium)

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About Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels (Belgium)

Founded two centuries ago (by Napoleon!!), the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium hold some twenty thousand paintings, sculptures and drawings.
Located in Brussels, they consist of
- the Ancient Art Museum (XV - XVII century),
- the Modern Art Museum (XIX ­ XX century),
- the Wiertz Museum and
- the Meunier Museum.
Since this museum has the biggest fine art collection of Belgium it deserves a place on Flickr. I found a lot of very different photos of this museum on Flickr, it's my attempt to bring them together here.
"Biggest" doesn't mean necesarily the best of course... However there are some very fine treasures waiting to be discovered here: a lot of very fine Magrittes, Brueghels, Ensors, Rubenses, etc.
The architecture is also very diverse. Styles you can see here go from classic over Art Nouveau to contemporary.

Just look for yourselves, and if you plan a trip to Brussels don't be afraid to ask some info.

Thanks a lot for the many posts. More than 80 photos in the first two days of this group! Waow!!
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Feel free to add your photos.

You can find the official site here: www.kmskb.be/

and the database of the collection (in french & dutch) here: www.opac-fabritius.be/start2.htm

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The most photographed spot is the huge central room, named the Balat (after the architects name).
You can find famous artists like:
RUBENS: www.flickr.com/photos/steve_and_jody/1447279331/
BREUGHEL: www.flickr.com/photos/erasmusa/684458163/
DALI: www.flickr.com/photos/littlemaiba/305793651/in/pool-kmskb...

and less known artists like:
BROODTHAERS: www.flickr.com/photos/30365269@N00/455734051/
DELVAUX: www.flickr.com/photos/polisea/610303925/in/pool-kmskb-mrbab/

and of course many others...

http://www.kmskb.be/