Utrecht - Municipal Museum

(Local Name: Centraal Museum) At the south end of Lange Nieuwestraat is Agnietenstraat, in which, to the right (No. 1), is the former Agnietenklooster, a convent of Augustinian nuns, of which there remain the chapel (1512-16) and the refectory. Together with the adjoining Artillery Stables these now house the Municipal Museum (Centraal Museum) and the provincial archaeological collections. Utrecht painters from the 15th century onwards are particularly well represented - the "Romanists" influenced by the Italian Renaissance, with their principal representative Jan van Scorel, and the Mannerist painter Abraham Bloemaert, who had an enduring influence on the "Utrecht Caravaggists", also well represented in the