Broel Museum

Broel Museum

File:Broelmuseum.jpg
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 turned into a platform for visual arts.

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, Evariste Carpentier, Louis Robbe, Edward Woutermaertens, Joos Vincent de Vos with a prominence of art from the 16th and 19th centuries.

Gallery of works

• Triptych of Virgin Mary with Elisabeth of Hungary.jpg

  Triptych of Virgin Mary with Elisabeth of Hungary (1470)

• Adriaen van Utrecht - Fowl and vegetables.jpg

  Fowl and vegetables by Adriaen van Utrecht (1620-1652)

• Egide Linnig - Entering the harbour.jpg

  Entering the harbour by Egide Linnig (mid-19th century)

• Vos-The Fox.jpg

  The Fox (1860s) by Joos Vincent de Vos

• Conversation intime (Evariste Carpentier).jpg

  An Intimate Conversation (c. 1892) by Evariste Carpentier