It houses a comprehensive survey of six centuries of Flemish and Belgian painting, from Jan van Eyck to Marcel Broodthaers. The museum's many highlights include its collection of "Flemisch Primitive" art, works by a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque masters, a selection of paintings from the 18th and 19th century neo-classical and Realist periods, milestones of Belgian Symbolism and Modernism, masterpieces of Flemish Expressionism and many items from the city's collection of postwar modern art.
There are at least 5 versions, including three in the United States: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Clark Art Institute.
The Clark Art Institute concludes their investigation of the paintings as follows: Our analysis, based on laboratory study and consideration of fifteenth-century workshop practices, demonstrates that these panels were all produced between 1482 and the early 1500s not by one but by several artists, perhaps sharing a common template for the main figures.
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