American violinist Charles Castleman has donated an exceptional 1707 Stradivarius to Myriad USA (the US entity of the King Baudouin Foundation) for the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
The King Baudouin Foundation facilitated the acquisition of an exceptional 16th century Brussels tapestry. A masterpiece depicting King Solomon and Bathsheba, acquired through the combined efforts of the City of Brussels, the Fondation Périer-D’Ieteren, De Wit vzw, and the King Baudouin Foundation.
Forty years of documentation relating to Ensor form the base of this exceptional collection. As an important source for research, its acquisition by the Orcona Fund and the fact that it has now been entrusted to the Mu.ZEE in Ostend, means that this body of information about Ensor can be kept in Belgium for everyone’s benefit.
A bust, probably representing the violinist Irma Sèthe, one of Eugène Ysaÿe’s students and a central figure in the Belgian avant-garde, has joined the KBR Museum thanks to the intervention of the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, managed by the KBF.
The Comte Thierry de Looz-Corswarem Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has acquired an extremely rare, 18th century Meissen porcelain bowl that was part of the armorial service of Charles-Alexander of Lorraine. As of today, the bowl is on show for everyone to admire at the City of Brussels Museum, in the King’s House. A real feast for the eyes!
