Thanks to the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, the King Baudouin Foundation has enriched the collection of the Design Museum Brussels with an Art Deco style rug that is emblematic of the Belgian textile artist Elisabeth De Saedeleer. The work will be presented to the public in preview at BRAFA.
The King Baudouin Foundation has acquired The Lamentation of Christ with Donors by Willem Key for M Leuven through the Charles Vreeken Fund. Recently recognised as a Flemish Top Masterpiece, the work will be presented at BRAFA 2026.
The King Baudouin Foundation has acquired an exceptional 19th-century lace masterpiece through the Marie-Jeanne Dauchy Fund. Entirely handmade, it exemplifies the finesse and excellence of Brussels lace craftsmanship that brought the city worldwide renown.
After four centuries, the preparatory drawing for The Last Supper altarpiece by Jan Erasmus Quellinus returns to its hometown. Thanks to the Léon Courtin–Marcelle Bouché Fund, the work is now on view at the Hof van Busleyden Museum.
Henry and Louise Le Bœuf’s archive has now been entrusted to the KBR so that it can be conserved, studied and promoted. This exceptional acquisition, made by the Marie-Jeanne Dauchy Fund, sheds further light on Belgian cultural history at the turn of the 19th century.
