Wiertz Museum
Art museum in Brussels, Belgium
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The Wiertz Museum (French: Musée Wiertz; Dutch: Wiertz Museum), formerly the Antoine Wiertz Museum (French: Musée Antoine Wiertz; Dutch: Antoine Wiertz Museum), is an art museum in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the work of the romantic painter and sculptor Antoine Wiertz. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.[1][2][3]
1050 Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
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| Location | Rue Vautier / Vautierstraat 62, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
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| Coordinates | 50°50′14″N 4°22′33″E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www |
Description
The life and work of Antoine Wiertz are honoured in the artist's former studio at 62, rue Vautier/Vautierstraat, in the southern municipality of Ixelles. This museum offers a view of the monumental paintings, statues and sketches marked by the Belgian romantic movement. The construction of this workshop-museum was agreed in 1850 between Wiertz and the Belgian government. During the year following the artist's death, the entire collection of works then in his studio was bequeathed to the Belgian state. Since 1868, the Wiertz Museum has been part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.[1][2][3]
The Premature Burial
Two Young Girls (or The Beautiful Rosine)
The Triumph of Light
