Hospital of sv. John ( niderl. Oud Sint-Janshospital , letters. Old Hospital of St. John ) - a museum in Bruges , in the former hospital. Located on Mariastraat 38, in the city center, near the Church of Our Lady .
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Description
Inside the museum (among other artifacts) there is an art gallery, its most valuable exhibits are six works by Hans Memling (late 15th century); for this reason, the old hospital is often referred to as the “Memling Museum” ( Memlingmuseum , fr. Memling in Sint-Jan ):
- Cancer of sv. Ursula (6 panels on four sides to scenes from the life of St. Ursula )
- Mystical wedding of sv. Catherine , etc. name - "The betrothal of sv. Catherine "(3 panels: Madonna and Child on the throne, Beheading of John the Baptist, Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist)
- Triptych of Jan Florence (Jan Floreins; 3 panels on evangelical subjects: Adoration of the Magi, Nativity of Christ, Introduction of Jesus to the temple)
- Portrait of a Young Woman [1] (also known as Sibylla Sambetha [2] )
- Martin's dipych Niuvenhove (2 panels: Madonna and Child and Honorable Citizen M. Niuvenhove ( niderl. Maarten van Nieuwenhove )
- Triptych by Adrian Raines (Adriaan Reins; 3 panels: Lamentation of Christ, Adrian Raines with St. Adrian , Saint Liberata )
In addition, the museum’s art collection includes paintings by other Flemish (mostly local) craftsmen of the 16th — 17th centuries, including the “Carrying the Cross” diptych (with donator) by Jan Provost . On the reverse side of the diptych is a rebus-painting with a skull in a niche; the rebus stands for “Dur est moi resolution faire, mol [est] de penser à moi” (“I find it difficult to repent, it is easy to dream of myself”).
Hospital building of sv. John XI century. - one of the oldest surviving buildings of this type in Europe. Over the centuries, the hospital has been expanded several times, including the Augustinian convent of women, household extensions, etc. In the middle of the 19th century. the hospital was closed. Modern museum buildings are now also used as a congress center.
Literature
- Smet, Irene. Hôpital Saint-Jean. Bruges, Gand: Ludion Guides, 2001. ISBN 978-90-5544-306-2 .
- Michiels, Alfred. Hans Memling. New York, 2012. ISBN 978-1-78042-496-5 .
Notes
- ↑ The painting was previously also known as “Portrait of Maria Morel”; modern researchers have challenged the attribution, the name is outdated. See: Ridderbos, Bernhard <et al.>. Early Netherlandish paintings: rediscovery, reception and research. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005, p.432.
- ↑ The painting contains 2 inscriptions. Top left: Sybilla Sambetha, quae est Persica, an ante Christ [um] nat [a] 2040 (Sambet, or Persian, Sibyl , born in the year 2040 BC). At the bottom of the frame is the prophecy of the Persian Sibyl itself: Ecce bestia conculcaberis, gignetur Dominus in orbem terrarum, et gremium virginis erit salus gentium, invisibile verbum palpabitur and the invisible Word will become flesh).