Recollects Convent, Antwerp Explained

The Recollects Convent (Minderbroederskerk) was a monastery of the Recollects order in Antwerp in Belgium. It was the original location of several works by Peter Paul Rubens (Christ on the Cross[1] and The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) and Anthony van Dyck (Deposition).[2] It was also the first home of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts until 1875, when the town council decided to rehouse it in a new purpose-built building.[3]

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  1. Book: Sauerlander . Willibald . The Catholic Rubens: Saints and Martyrs . 15 April 2014 . Getty Publications . 978-1-60606-268-5 . 66–71 . en.
  2. Web site: Home. Rubenianum.
  3. Web site: All masterpieces | KMSKA. www.kmska.be.