ART CIRCUIT

SAINT BAVO CATHEDRAL

The exhibition of ‘Old Masters from the Museum of Fine Arts in the Saint Bavo Cathedral’ was opened on 5 October 2003 to massive interest from the public.

In the ambulatory and the crypt of the Ghent cathedral, a limited number of masterpieces from the Old Masters collection are on display for the duration of the renovations, which are planned for completion in 2007. This magnificent site is the ideal location for a confrontation with historical art.

The cathedral has its own collection of works of art, the indisputable centrepiece of which is The Ghent Altar Piece by Jan van Eyck, while the funeral monuments of the deceased prelates form a history of memorial sculpture in themselves.