Curtius Museum
The Curtius Museum (Template:Langx) is a museum of archaeology and decorative arts located on the bank of the river Meuse in Liège, Belgium. It is classified as a Major Heritage of Wallonia.
It was built sometime between 1597 and 1610 as a private mansion for Jean Curtius, industrialist and munitions supplier to the Spanish army. With its alternating layers of red brick and natural stone and its cross-mullioned windows, it typifies the regional style known as Mosan Renaissance architecture.[1]
After a €50 million redevelopment, the museum reopened as the Grand Curtius (Le Grand Curtius) in March 2009, SND now houses the merged collections of four former museums: the Museum of Archeology, the Museum of Weaponry, the Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Arteum of Religious Art and Mosan art.[2] Its highlights include treasures of Mosan art such as a 12th-century gilded reliquary triptych, formerly in the church of Sainte-Croix;the Evangelarium of Notger; sculptures by Jean Del Cour; and a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by Ingres in 1804: Bonaparte, First Consul.
See also
- Liège–Aachen Baroque furniture
- Baroque in Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Ansembourg Museum in Liège, Belgium
- Couven Museum in Aachen, Germany
- Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht, Netherlands
- Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis (KMKG) in Brussels, Belgium
References
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- ^ 7000 ans d'art et d'histoire au Grand Curtius
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Grand Curtius : le musée d'armes remis à l'honneur - RTC Télé Liège". www.rtc.be (in français). Retrieved 2022-06-12.
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