Bart Van Loo invites you to view one of the most fascinating periods of our history through his eyes: an era in which art and power elevate one another to new heights. Together with KBR, he has created a remarkable museum route. Here you will discover original watercolours by Jean-Léon Huens, presented alongside exceptional manuscripts, prints and engravings from the KBR collections.
These documents illustrate Bart’s fascination with history and make the world of the Burgundian court tangible. For this route, he wrote texts that capture the Burgundian origins of our shared history.
Through the eyes of a born storyteller
The watercolours of Jean-Léon Huens, which he literally gazed at endlessly as a teenager, sparked his love of history. Illustration no. 182, Nancy, planted a seed that years later would grow into The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire. Bart dreamed of seeing Huens’ original illustrations alongside the centuries-old treasures of KBR, next to manuscripts once touched by Philip the Good and his contemporaries. Experience how small emotions and grand history meet, and how imagination and the past merge in a single glance.
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Continue your discovery in Brussels
Your journey through the Burgundian world does not have to end at the KBR museum. With the podwalk In the footsteps of the Burgundians, Bart Van Loo guides you through Brussels. Using the VRT PodWalks app, you walk past places where the Burgundian past can still be felt today , from Place Royale, via Hotel Ravenstein and the Nassau Chapel, to the Grand Place and St Michael and St Gudula Cathedral.
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Practical informations
- When ? 21 March au 18 October 2026
- Where ? KBR museum
- Price
- 0€ : under 18, MuseumPASSmusées, teacher card, people with disabilities, job seekers, ICOM card, Belspo card, Brussels Card
- 8€ : 65+, students
- 11€ : Standard rate
