The Toreken on the Vrijdagmarkt in Ghent (Q21680052)

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genre: cityscape (Q1935974)
artist: François-Joseph Boulanger (Q2271371)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: Toreken (Q2189518)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1978-U

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1978-U

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: François Boulanger is mainly known for his cityscapes of Bruges, Amsterdam and especially Ghent, the city of his birth. Here we see The ‘Toreken’ on the Vrijdagmarkt in Ghent. The Toreken, the guildhall of the tanners, was built around 1450 and was the heart of the largest market square in Ghent.…

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