fot. Monika Rochowiak
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Rubens House is a beautiful building in the center of Antwerp. Here the outstanding artist lived and created. He painted some of the paintings in the museum personally. The task of the museum is not only to show the collection of paintings, but above all to familiarize the visitors with how master lived and worked.
The house of this largest baroque painter and the most famous Antwerp artist was taken over by the city only in the year 1937, when it was practically a ruin. After years of renovation, it was restored to its former glory. In the year 1946 a museum was opened here. This wonderful residence is divided into two parts. On the left side of the traditional Flemish house, where he lived with his family. On the right, a typical Italian studio in which he created and received his distinguished guests, artistic and cultural cream of contemporary Europe. |
In the year 1608 after eight years, which he spent in Italy, studying the masterpieces of the Renaissance masters, Rubens permanently settled in Antwerp. Soon after, he painted a series of wonderful paintings for the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which brought him fame all over the world. His clients began to be the most distinguished people of the era, crowned heads, famous families, and the wealthiest inhabitants of Europe. In the year 1624 Rubens portrayed Prince Wladyslaw Zygmunt Waza, later King Wladyslaw IV. Rubenshuis the artist bought in 1610 year. He enlarged it and rebuilt it so that a complex with an internal courtyard was created. He also designed a baroque portico between the courtyard and the historic garden. To get a loyal copy of the garden, during the renovation, Rubens' painting hanging in Munich was used today Walk through the garden of love . Nowadays, the museum's collection includes several master's works, such as: Self-portrait, Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry. Adam and Eve in Paradise, or the Annunciation, one of his earlier paintings. There are also works by other great painters, collected passionately by Rubens. Magnificent Self-Portrait, Rubens's most accomplished student, Antony van Dyck, painting Drinking peasant painted Adriaen Brouwer. In turn Cabinet of van der Geest's art, one of the greatest works in the Rubens collection, he created Will van Haecht.
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Address:
Wapper 9-11, 2000 Antwerp |
Opening hours:
tuesday-sunday 10.00-17.00 |
Ticket price:
8 Euro |