The Cross of Laeken

A presentation by Claire Ridgway on a Flemish-born artist of the Tudor court. More HERE.

HERE is a biography of the renowned Belgian virtuoso and composer. He was a close friend and violin teacher of Queen Elisabeth. "She pl...

Here is a biography of one of my favorite singers, the great Belgian soprano, Suzanne Danco (1911-2000). She was a protégée of the music lo...

I think this is absolutely lovely. The text reads: Elisabeth Gabrielle Valerie Marie, born at Possenhoven, on July 25, 1876, daughter of HR...

Marie d'Orléans was the beautiful, accomplished and beloved younger sister of Queen Louise of the Belgians . Born at Palermo in 1813, s...

Belgian Pearls, the blog of interior decorator Greet Lefèvre, is displaying some of the work of Belgian papier maché artist Delphine Boël. ...

Marche-les-Dames  is forever associated with the tragic death of Albert I and all the ominous consequences for the Belgian monarchy. Nonet...

By Marten de Vos (1532-1603). This painting is located in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp.

An oil painting by the German Romantic artist Eduard Gaertner (1801-1877) of the St. Nicholas Church   (Sint-Niklaaskerk) and surrounding ...

Recently, I quoted a passage from Count Sforza's memoirs, comparing and contrasting Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and her tragic aunt, Emp...

Self-portrait with first wife, Isabella Brant Peter Paul Rubens was the foremost Northern European painter of his day and remains one of the...

A painting of St. Mary Magdalen by Rogier van der Weyden, from the right panel of the Braque Family Triptych (1450).