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Old Saint John's Hospital

  • Photo: Sarah Bauwens
    Interior View, Old Saint John's Hospital
  • Dominique Provost
    Exterior View, Old Saint John's Hospital
  • Inge Kinnet
    the Pharmacy of St. John's hospital, (17th century,)©Inge Kinnet..jpg
    The pharmacy of St. John's hospital (17th century)
  • Inge Kinnet
    Sint-Janshospitaal , © Inge Kinnet.jpg
    Interior, Sint-Janshospitaal
  • Dominique Provost
    Sint-Janshospitaal, © Dominique Provost.jpg
    Exterior, Sint-Janshospitaal
  • Inge Kinnet
    Sint-Janshospitaal, © Inge Kinnet (2).jpg
    Interior, Sint-Janshospitaal
  • Inge Kinnet
    Sint-Janshospitaal, © Inge Kinnet (3).jpg
    Interior, Sint-Janshospitaal
  • Inge Kinnet
    Sint-Janshospitaal, © Inge Kinnet.jpg
    Interior, Sint-Janshospitaal
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Dating back to the 12th century, the Sint-Janshospitaal (Old Saint John's Hospital) in Bruges is one of the oldest hospitals in the world. Once a shelter for the sick and the poor, the hospital is now a museum open to the public, boasting an extensive display of medical instruments and archives as well as six masterpieces by Flemish master Hans Memling. These are complemented by a collection of religious paintings and sculptures, silverwork, reliquaries and apothecary pots that reflect 800 years of the institution’s history.

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Collection Highlights

  • The anatomy lesson, 1679
  • Hans Memling
    Triptyck of St. John the Baptis and St. John the Evangelist, 1479
  • Jan Provoost
    Diptych with Jesus bearing the Cross and the portrait of a friar minor, 1522
  • Jacob van Oost the Elder
    Mother and Child, 17th century
  • Hans Memling
    Ursula shrine, 1482-1489
  • Hans Memling
    Sybilla Sambetha, 1480
  • Hans Memling
    Right panel from Triptych from Adriaan Reins, 1480
  • Hans Memling
    Right panel from diptych from Maarten van Nieuwenhove, 1487

Collection Highlights

  • The anatomy lesson, 1679
  • Hans Memling
    Triptyck of St. John the Baptis and St. John the Evangelist, 1479
  • Jan Provoost
    Diptych with Jesus bearing the Cross and the portrait of a friar minor, 1522
  • Jacob van Oost the Elder
    Mother and Child, 17th century
    Oil on canvas
  • Hans Memling
    Ursula shrine, 1482-1489
    carved and gilded wood and oil on panel
  • Hans Memling
    Sybilla Sambetha, 1480
    Oil on panel
  • Hans Memling
    Right panel from Triptych from Adriaan Reins, 1480
    Oil on panel
  • Hans Memling
    Right panel from diptych from Maarten van Nieuwenhove, 1487
    Oil on panel
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