Royal Museum of Fine Arts

Art Museum in Brussels, which has a significant collection of paintings and sculpture. The Royal Museum also includes the Museum of Old Art and the Museum of Modern Art, the Antoine Wirz Museum and the Constantine Meunier Museum in Ixel, located next to the Royal Palace.

The museum was founded in the XIX century. Now in its funds there are about 1200 works of European art, covering the period of the XIV-XVIII centuries. The collection is based on works of Flemish painting. Almost all Flemings are represented by their significant works. The most famous paintings include the Annunciation by Robert Campen, Piet and two portraits of Rogier van der Weyden, several paintings by Dirk Boats on religious themes, Petrus Christus and Hugo van der Hus, several portraits and the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian by Hans Memling.

The exposition of the Museum of Modern Art is based on the works of Belgian artists. The museum houses the Salome by Alfred Stevens, the most famous representative of Belgian impressionism. Also presented are such famous works as “Russian Music” by James Ensor and “Tenderness of the Sphinx” by Fernand Knopf.