Gruuthusemuseum Brugge
Belgium



The Gruuthusemuseum is a museum of applied arts in Bruges, Belgium, located in the medieval Gruuthuse, the house of Louis de Gruuthuse. The collection ranges from the 15th to the 19th century.

Gruuthuse, seen from the east

Presumably in the 13th century a rich family from Bruges received the monopoly to levy taxes on gruit and built a structure to store it. The building was changed in the early fifteenth century by Jan IV van der Aa to a luxury house for his family, which subsequently changed its name to "Van Gruuthuse" ("From the Gruit house"). 

Beerblock, Johannes  Flemish, Brugge (1739-1806)
Beuckels, Pieter  South Netherlandish, Brugge (1728-1815) Brugge
Blondeel, Lancelot  Flemish, Poperinghe (1498–1561) Bruges
Claeissens, Antoon  Flemish, Bruges (1536 - 1613) Bruges
Claeissens the Elder, Pieter  Flemish, Bruges, c. (1499–1576) Bruges
Cock, Paul Jozef de  Flemish, Bruges (1724-1801) Bruges
Es, Jacob Foppens van  Flemish (c. 1596 – 1666)
Gheeraerts the Younger, Marcus  Flemish, Bruges (1561–1635/36) London
Hals, Jan  Dutch, Haarlem (1620–1654) Haarlem
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste  French, Lille (1636–1699) London
Master of the Portraits of Princes  South Netherlandish, active ca. (1470–92)
Oost II, Jacob van  Flemish, Bruggy (1639–1713) Bruggy
Pourbus, Pieter Jansz.  Netherlandish, Gouda (1524-1584) Bruges
Son, Joris van  Flemish, Antwerp (1623 - 1667) Antwerp
Verbruggen, Gaspar Peeter  Flemish, Antwerp (1664-1730)
Visch, Matthias de  Flemish, Reninge (1701–1765) Bruges