Since the Revolution, it has been successively a hospital, school, lycée, warehouse, and athenæum. Today it is a diocesan seminary. The seminary contains a collection of portraits of the bishops and abbots of Bruges and Ypres, also the famous _Visitation_, by Albert Dürer, in which that great master displays to the full his exquisite talent. It is the only piece of sculpture by Dürer in the country. _Continue along Quai de la Poterie as far as the Pont des Carmes opposite the street of the same name. Cross the bridge and take Rue de la Cour de Gand leading to the small Place Memling, in which stand_ a quaint +STATUE+ of the artist and the ancient +Hôtel des Orientaux+. _In the continuation of Rue de la Cour de Gand, beyond Place Memling, is_ one of the two last remaining wood-panelled houses of Bruges. _+Place Jan van Eyck+ (Photo and sketch, p. 110) is next reached_. [Illustration] Here stands the heavy bronze statue of +Jan van Eyck+, the gifted inventor of oil painting. In front, is the +Academy or Poortersloge+ (14th century), formerly the House of the Burghers, then the meeting-place of the White Bear Company, whose emblem may still be seen in the corner of the building which overlooks the Rue Espagnole. It is the _Beertje van Loge_, the oldest "burgher" of Bruges, just as the _Mannekenpis_ is the oldest "burgher" of Brussels. However, the "Bear of Bruges" is the older of the two (1417). [Illustration: +Place Jan Van Eyck.+] The building was used as an Art Gallery from 1719 to 1898. Since then it has been entirely rebuilt in the original style, with a slender tower facing the Rue de l'Outre, and now contains the State Records. _On the right of the square stands_ the ancient +Tonlieu+, with its pretty façade, large gable and porch, the whole artistically restored in 1880. The Municipal Library, comprising some 15,000 volumes, is now housed there. The collection includes a series of _incunables_ printed by Colard Mansion of Bruges (15th century), _562 MSS, a collection of epitaphs, and the +Steinmetz Collection+_ of drawings and engravings. _Take Rue de l'Académie, facing which, on arriving at the Place du Theatre, is the +Maison des Génois+_, a souvenir of the great prosperity of the city during the Burgundian epoch. The tympanum of the door is decorated with a _St. George and Dragon_. This ancient warehouse of the rich Italian merchants is now a café. [Illustration] _In the middle of the Square is +the Theatre+ and behind it_, the gloomy +Maison des Tonneliers+. _Tourists should here take a stroll through the old picturesque streets of this quarter, especially Rue des Aiguilles and Rue au Beurre, which lead to +the Church of St. Jacques+._ The Church of St. Jacques. Irregular in style, this church has a square tower with a pyramidal roof.