Brussels Carmel
Appearance
![]() A print of the Carmel from Antoon Sanders, Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, vol. 2 (Brussels, 1663). | |
Monastery information | |
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Order | Discalced Carmelites |
Established | 1607 |
Disestablished | 1785 |
Diocese | Mechelen |
People | |
Architecture | |
Status | demolished |
Architect | Wenceslas Cobergher |
Style | Baroque |
The Brussels Carmel was a Discalced Carmelite convent in the city of Brussels, founded in 1607 by Ana de Jesús at the behest of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.[1] The church and convent were designed by Wenceslas Cobergher in an Italianate style inspired by the Roman church of Santa Maria in Traspontina.[2] The monastery was suppressed in 1785.
References
- ^ Cordula van Wyhe, "Piety and Politics in the Royal Convent of Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Brussels 1607-1646", Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique, 100/2 (2005), pp. 457-487.
- ^ "Cobergher, Wenceslas", in Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art, edited by Gordon Campbell (Oxford University Press, 2009), p. 388.
Further reading
- Germaine de Jésus, Le Carmel royal de Bruxelles (Brussels, 1948)
- Charles Terlinden, "Le Carmel royal de Bruxelles (1607-1657)", Cahiers bruxellois 2 (1957), pp. 11–35.