Mar 19, 2018
Rebenshuis
Former home and studio of Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp, now as a museum to house a large number of works by the master himself and his peers.
House bought in 1610 and was enlarged after the artist’s design, adding a semi-circular statue gallery, and a garden pavilion. The change brought a style of an Italian palazzo; embodied Ruben’s artistic ideals - the art of Roman Antiquity and the Italian Renaissance.
From tiles, velvet curtains, decorative carved bed frame to the finely made fireplace. The joy to get close to the artist’s life and literally step into a piece of history.
The Rubens House
📍Wapper 9-11 | 2000 Antwerp