Old masters
The department of Old masters has three main areas of focus.
Firstly, there is painting of the Southern Netherlands from the period c. 1475-1625, including Brueghel and Aertsen and other well-known artists.
Secondly, there is woodcarving from the Maas region from around the same period, represented mainly by the Maastricht woodcarver Jan van Steffeswert.
And thirdly, there is early Italian painting.
The Bonnefantenmuseum is also home to an important collection of mediaeval religious objects from all over Western Europe; the Willem Neutelings collection.