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Built in 1778 as a townhouse for the VOC fiscal, this museum is
generally accepted to be the finest surviving example of
eighteenth-century urban architecture in the country. The delicately
carved Rococo-styled fanlight above the main door is ascribed to the
German-born sculptor, Anton Anreith. Complementing this graceful home
is the period-style garden, landscaped to resemble its original 1786
design. Declared a heritage site in 1940, historic Iziko Rust en
Vreugd, on the edge of Cape Town’s central business district, is home
to the William Fehr Collection. This collection of sixteenth- to
nineteenthcentury pictorial Africana, which comprises superb
watercolours, etchings and lithographs, reflects the history of the
Cape and the southern African hinterland.
Enquiries: Tel. 021 464 3280. |
