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Museum of Old Masters (Royal Museums of Fine Arts)

The Museum of Old Masters is the historic part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and has its entrance on Rue de la Régence, next to the Place Royale, in the palace that Alphonse Balat built in the 1880s. It gathers painting from the 15th to the 18th centuries, with particular weight given to the southern Netherlands. The Pieter Bruegel the Elder room holds “The Fall of the Rebel Angels”, from 1562, and “The Census at Bethlehem”, from 1566. By Rubens there are large-format canvases designed for altars, such as the “Ascent to Calvary” and the “Martyrdom of Saint Livinus”. The best-known painting outside Flemish art is “The Death of Marat”, which Jacques-Louis David painted in 1793 and which shows the revolutionary murdered in his bath. The tour moves through schools and periods, and allows you to compare the Flemish Primitives with the Baroque. The Magritte Museum, which belongs to the same institution, has its own entry.

Things to do at Museum of Old Masters (Royal Museums of Fine Arts): 4 missions

• Photograph the museum entrance on Rue de la RégenceFrom the pavement at number 3 Rue de la Régence, frame the museum façade.
• Find Bruegel's "The Fall of the Rebel Angels"Find Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting of 1562 and look among the monstrous creatures for the archangel Michael in gilded armour.
• Find Rubens's "The Ascent to Calvary"Find Rubens's large canvas and compare it with the earlier Flemish painting in the rooms you have just seen.
• See David's The Death of MaratLook in the galleries for Jacques-Louis David's painting of the assassination of Marat and observe the composition of the body in the bath.

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Source: Web oficial - Museos Reales de Bellas Artes de Bélgica