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][ failed verification] 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]
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][ failed verification] 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]