Klooster, kloosteronderdl, Vorstenburg 1

English translation

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Description

Bridgettine convent "Maria Refugie". Complex of buildings incorporating part of the former castle Vorstenborch, which was enlarged in 1720 with convent buildings and in 1739 with a chapel. The three-sided closed chapel with roof turret was enlarged by P.J.H. Cuypers. Interior stucco vault on plaster band and composite pilasters; wooden gallery on Tuscan columns. Exterior carved stone portal on the south side. 18th-century altar retables; double oak choir stalls with carved work from the 16th century; 18th-century oak pulpit, cantor's seat with carved panels from the 16th century; organ from 1757. Wooden statues: Holy Virgin (14th century); Christ on the Cold Stone (15th century); Carrying of the Cross (15th century); St. Anne in Three (15th century); St. Catherine (circa 1500); St. Anne in Three (16th century); on the gallery balustrade crucifix between Mary and John (16th century); Peter and Paul (18th century), two angels (18th century). In the refectory 16th-century painting on panel; lamentation of Christ; also carved oak pulpit from the 16th century with late Gothic and Renaissance ornament; painting showing a view of Den Haag. In the parlour 17th-century chimney with carved jambs and 17th-century hearth tile. Convent buildings mostly with wooden cross windows, fine interiors and timber ceilings, 17th and 18th century. Garden wall with dentil course in brick and with buttresses. Mechanical tower clock, 1843. In the convent a horizontal sundial cast in tin. Signed A V G 1765.