Visit Flanders has launched the Flemish Masters Museum Tour, a series of online documentaries that offer viewers a virtual overview of several prominent Flemish museums and collections.
The Flemish Region of Belgium is a Dutch-speaking area in the country's north, and one of three Belgian regions.
The national capital, Brussels, considered its own region, lies near Flanders' southern edge and Antwerp is a port city and major diamond trade centre.
During the tour, an expert from the museum will provide information and insight, zoom in on details and tell stories about the museum's collection.
The museum tours, which are stand-alone documentaries lasting 10 to 15 minutes, are narrated in Dutch with English subtitles.
The museums featured:
Museum Mayer Van Den Bergh in Antwerp
The museum's Director will recount the story behind the masterpiece Mad Meg by Bruegel, which the museum originally purchased for the equivalent of 12 Euros.
www.museummayervandenbergh.be/en
St. Peter's Church in Leuven
At the centre of this tour is the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament by Flemish Master Dirk Bouts, who many consider the first real landscape painter.
www.mleuven.be/en/saint-peter's-church
St. John's Hospital in Bruges
Atour of the Hans Memling in Contemporary Art exhibition that reveals how Memling influenced the painters Dürer and Raphael along with many modern artists.
www.visitbruges.be/en/sint-janshospitaal-saint-johns-hospital
KBR museum in Brussels
The Flemish Primitives did their best work not on canvas but in manuscript miniatures.
This episode focuses on the library of the Dukes of Burgundy.