Description of the attraction
The Rubens House, opened in 1946, is one of the most popular museums in Belgium. The famous artist Peter Powell Rubens lived in his own Italian-style workshop on the canal in Antwerp. The hospitable host received talented Flemish painters, the French Queen Marie de Medici, the Duke of Buckingham and other eminent people. Rubens was also an avid collector who collected the most valuable paintings by Titian, Raphael, Jan van Eyck, a large number of works by other painters, including his students.
After his death, about 300 paintings, sculptures, coins, medals, precious stones, ivory figurines, as well as books and manuscripts were left behind. In 1939, the Rubens House was acquired by the Antwerp administration, and a museum open to the public, furnished with genuine 17th century furniture. and the works of the great artist, preserved the spirit of that time.
The most interesting exhibit of the museum is the Rubens chair with a gold inscription, which belongs to the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke. The living rooms, located on the second floor, are connected by a small gallery with a preserved black marble fireplace. The walls are decorated with paintings by the painter himself - "Annunciation" and "Moorish King", as well as by his teachers: Otto van Veen, Cornelios de Vos and Jan Wildens. The garden with a pavilion in the style of a small antique temple, depicted by the master in the painting "Walk" in 1631, testifies to the high artistic taste and outstanding personality of Rubens.
The artist's rich creative collection is located in many museums from Aachen to Zurich.
