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Historical Archive: Lille, Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse

hospital founded 1237 by Jeanne de Flandre
Hall of the Sick (Salle des malades) foundations possibly 13th c.
buildings 1467-1724
faience kitchen tiles prob. Wamps-Masquelier, Lille, first half of 18th c. after Dutch models
Hall of the Sick photographed under restoration in 2011


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Hall of the Sick 1468-72, exterior
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Hall of the Sick 1468-72, interior to east
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Hall of the Sick: wooden vault, 1468-72
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Hall of the Sick, 1468-72 to northwest: north wall and 17th c. gallery
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Hall of the Sick, 1468-72 (windows covered for restoration): south wall and 17th c. gallery
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Hall of the Sick; chapel; right: community building (Communauté) 1477-82, upper level 1649-52
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chapel exterior
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chapel exterior and herb garden
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herb garden
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chapel 1652-57 including vault rosettes, vault painted by Brébar 1853: arms of donors
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chapel 1652-57
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chapel 1652-57
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passage between community building (right) and Hall of the Sick (left)
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kitchen, 17th c.
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.
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kitchen tiles, faience, dated 1731: dog and cat
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: sea unicorn
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: winged mermaid
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: ship
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: shepherd and snails
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: shepherdess and snails
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: seated shepherdess and snails
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kitchen tiles, faience, 18th c.: seated shepherd and snails
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refectory; frame above mantle with arms of Joseph de Vranx (hospital director 1649-54)
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refectory; on left Faith, Arnould de Vuez 1704
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St. Augustine holding a heart (in refectory), oak, 16th-c. Flemish, Lille SPBA 400
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parlor with 17th-c. wainscoting and ex-votos
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ex-voto of 3-year-old from chapel of Notre-Dame d’Assistance, oil on canvas, dated 1648, Lille D962
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ex-voto of 3-year-old from chapel of Notre-Dame d’Assistance, oil on canvas, dated 1648, Lille D 62.1
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ex-voto of 3-year-old from chapel of Notre-Dame d’Assistance, oil on canvas, dated 1642, Lille D962
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ex-voto of 6-year-old from chapel of Notre-Dame d’Assistance, oil on canvas, 17th c., Lille D962
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Augustinian in prayer, 17th c.?
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dormitory, upper level of community building
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oak chest with Last Supper, 16th c., Lille A.178. This work has its own own page.
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wooden chest, 17th-c. Flemish, Lille Y5
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Virgin and Child: wooden chest, 17th-c. Flemish, Lille Y5
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woman with shield (virtue?): wooden chest, 17th-c. Flemish, Lille Y5
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linen press, oak, 17th c., Lille 2006.3.1
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linen press, oak, 17th c., Lille 2006.3.1
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Medusa, oak and iron, 1691, Lille ML 35
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1650 wing designed by Julien Destrée, 1724 wing on right