Thuis in een museum: Het verhaal van Henriëtte en Fritz Mayer van den Bergh
Ulrike Muller
Museum Mayer van den Bergh & Hannibal, 2021
€39,95
The Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp is a house full of art. Art that amazes, intrigues and moves. The museum is today
internationally known as the home of the famous Dulle Griet by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. For loyal visitors it is above all a well-kept secret. Again and again there is amazement at how so much beauty could be brought together in one place. Who collected all this? How and why did this museum come about?
The museum is a monument that commemorates two people, Henriëtte Mayer van den Bergh (1838-1920) and Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (1858-1901). The entire collection was brought together by Fritz, a man with a strong interest in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. After Fritz’s untimely and unexpected death, it was his mother Henriëtte who had the building built for his works of art. That’s how she managed
to preserve this exceptional collection and to keep the memory of her son alive. This book delves into the world of collectors,
antique dealers, art historians and museum founders of the belle époque. Based on in-depth archival research, Ulrike Müller tells the story of the Museum Mayer van den Bergh and its founders: their family background and their international network, their passions and their modus operandi.IN DUTCH!
ISBN: 9789463887618
