Namur - Musée des Arts anciens du Namurois

Returning from the Church of Notre-Dame and passing the theater we come to Rue E. Cuvelier which leads into the Rue de Fer where can be seen the fine patrician residence the Hôtel de Gaiffier d'Hestroy dating from the 17th/18th C. It contains the Musée des Arts anciens du Namurois which exhibits artistic artifacts of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance from the region of Namur, especially goldsmiths' work, sculptures, copper utensils and ivory pieces. The department of painting contains four works by the painter Henri Blès (1510-1550) who came from Bouvignes on the Meuse.