Museum Catharijneconvent
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Museum Catharijneconvent | |
 Banner of the museum in 2006, with St. Catherine's Cathedral | |
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| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | Lange Nieuwstraat 38, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°5′14″N 5°7′27″E / 52.08722°N 5.12417°E |
| Type | Religious art museum |
| Website | catharijneconvent |
The Museum CatharijneconventUtrecht Museum Night.
Collection
The museum has an extensive collection of historical and art-historical objects from the early
book-bindings decorated with precious stones, richly-worked images, paintings, altarpieces, pieces of clothing and ecclesiastical objects in gold and silver. Among the highlights in the collection are the 9th-century chalice of Saint Lebuinus and carved ivories from the Lebuïnuskerk in Deventer
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Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries is represented by a selection of works by
Pieter Saenredam, and more recent Dutch artworks by Jan Toorop, Shinkichi Tajiri, Frans Franciscus, Guido van der Werve and Marc Mulders
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References
- ^ Fabrique. "Nu te zien: De schepping van de wetenschap". Catharijneconvent (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
External links
Media related to Museum Catharijneconvent at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
(in Dutch)
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