Painted altarpieces form an important and familiar part of Peter Paul Rubens’s substantial oeuvre. Much less widely known is the fact that Rubens’s involvement in such commissions sometimes went beyond the paintings themselves, and that he also designed sculptural framing and decorative surrounds for his patrons. There are several examples of designs by Rubens for sepulchral monuments too.
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Antwerp and Genoa share a similar history as important trade centres in the early modern period. The Rubenianum organizes a symposium on September 20th about the artistic connections between Antwerp and Genoa in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
A select number of specialists will present papers on the many connections between the harbour cities, including an active art trade, Genoese ...
The exhibition ‘Early Rubens’ will be on view at the Legion of Honor (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) from April 6 through September 8, 2019, and then at the Art Gallery of Ontario from October 12, 2019, through January 5, 2020.
In 1608, after a period of intense artistic study in Italy, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) returned to his home town Antwerp. ‘Early Rubens’ is the first exhibition ...
The imposing portico and garden pavilion at the Rubens House can now be viewed again by the public. After a year and a half, their restoration is complete. He designed both features himself, making them rare evidence of Rubens as an architect.
Following his return from Italy in 1608, Rubens introduced Antwerp to his fascination for classical and contemporary Italian architecture. He and his ...
Recently, curator and Rubens expert Friso Lammertse of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen presented an oil sketch by Peter Paul Rubens to a panel of fellow experts. The sketch, a design by Rubens for a tapestry, was thought to be lost.
Friso Lammertse: “The oil sketches that Rubens made for the Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series are some of the finest in his oeuvre. It was one of the biggest ...
The Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project (JVDPPP) is an innovative multidisciplinary art historical initiative co-founded by Dr. Joost Vander Auwera and Drs. Justin Davies. The project is systematically studying the oil paintings on oak panels by Jacques Jordaens (1593-1678) and Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641). JVDPPP is a collaboration between the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium and the ...
Theodoor van Loon (1581/82-1649) was one of the first painters in the Southern Netherlands to be heavily influenced by Caravaggio’s work and style. Like his contemporary Rubens, he was inspired by the Italian masters, developing his own powerful and unique style. Van Loon was one of the most prominent painters of his generation, executing prestigious commissions for the court of the Archdukes ...
With the 'Baroque Book Design' exhibition at the Plantin-Moretus Museum and an exceptional loan of 'The Massacre of the Innocents' at the Rubens House, Antwerp is under the spell of Peter Paul Rubens and his Baroque cultural legacy this autumn.
Baroque Book Design
From 28 September 2018 until 06 January 2019, The Plantin-Moretus Museum
How did the book evolve during the Baroque period? Why ...
The Mocking of Samson, a painting in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp (KMSKA), has been restored by the Mauritshuis in The Hague. The painting was temporarily loaned for the Jan Steen research project conducted by the Mauritshuis and Shell. After extensive research specialists concluded that the painting - long thought to have been an eighteenth-century copy after Jan ...
In 2016, the Venus Frigida by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) temporarily moved to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The famous work (signed and dated 1614) from the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp was restored on location there and afterwards received a prominent place in the exhibition Peter Paul Rubens. Kraft der Verwandlung (Peter Paul Rubens. The Power of ...
