The Vleeshuis, Old Roofs and Crow-Stepped Gables
Het Vleeshuis, oude daken en gevelspitsen
Henri François Schaefels (Belgian, 1827 to 1904)
Undated · Oil on canvas
Old houses around the Vleeshuis, Antwerp's butchers' guildhall. Stepped gables like these are called corbie steps, or crow steps.
Credit line
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
- Rights
- Public domain “Public domain” About these rights
- Held by
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), 1432
- Colors (and the closest Corbie color)
- Tags
- ArchitectureCorbie stepPainting
- Source
- See it at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Made with this
At Corbie
- Home: The way in for companies: the doorway in the center gable
- For companies: The city behind the companies door, seen through a stepped-gable window
