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DIVA
Step inside DIVA and marvel at the beauty of diamonds, jewellery and silver in the revamped permanent expo 'DIVA, a Brilliant Story'.
From the 15th century, Antwerp's Grote Markt and the surrounding streets were the 'place to be' for anyone who was looking to find objects made of gold, silver and gemstones. Join us on a journey in the diamond capital of the world and discover the stories from raw material to object, from Antwerp's heyday to today. In one story, spread over seven rooms, you will discover DIVA's magnificent collection and the extraordinary craftsmanship of not only diamond workers, but also gold- and silversmiths.
Necklace belonging to Helena Fourment, gold, enamel and quartz crystal, permanent loan Academy of Antwerp¬¬, permanent loan
Het Steen
Adriaen Van Utrecht and Marten Pepijn, A lady on the Fish Market in Antwerp, oil on canvas
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Jacob Jordaens, Neptune and Amphitrite, oil on canvas, permanent loan collection Flemish Community
François du Quesnoy, The Sleep of Silenus, bronze and lapis lazuli
Anthony van Dyck, Saint Mathew, oil on panel, permanent loan King Baudouin Foundation
Jacob Jordaens, Bagpiper, oil on canvas, permanent loan King Baudouin Foundation
2024:
Peter Paul Rubens, Cornice decoration for the high altar at the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (?), oil sketch on panel
MAS
Later this year in the permanent collection
Unknown artist, Still life with Nautilus cup, oil on panel
Unknown, Tile tableau with landscape and coat of arms surrounded by garland, RH.A.137, Collection City of Antwerp, Rubenshuis
EXHIBITION: Rare & Indispensable
31 October 2023 till 25 February 2024
Michelangelo, Magritte, Francis Bacon, Ensor, Henry Moore, Van Dyck and Rubens are just a few of the world-famous names on display at the MAS in autumn 2023. The unmissable exhibition 'Rare and Indispensable' displays a unique selection of the works from the Flemish Masterpiece List. Works of art, manuscripts and artefacts for which visitors would otherwise have to comb through Flanders are now temporarily on display in one place. Some of the pieces are on display for the first time. All of this is being done in honour of the 20th anniversary of the Flemish Outstanding Artefacts Decree.
Peter Paul Rubens, Self-portrait, oil on panel
Peter Paul Rubens, Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry, oil on canvas
Willem Van Haecht, The Picture Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest, oil on panel
Theodoor Rogiers, Ewer and basin, on permanent loan from the King Baudouin Foundation
Bust of 'Seneca', Roman, 1st century AD, marble
Trapezophoros, Greece or Asia Minor, 2nd century, marble
Liber Amicorum of Nicolaas Rockox, manuscript
Georg Petel, Adam and Eve, ivory
Art cabinet, Antwerp, c. 1640, oak veneered with ebony, decorated with paintings on copper by Victor Wolfvoet
Museum Plantin-Moretus
In the permanent collection
Jan II Brueghel, The Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella in the garden of their castle at Coudenberg in Brussels, oil on panel
Peter Paul Rubens, The Adoration of the Shepherds, oil sketch on panel
Lucas Faydherbe, Hercules, terracotta, permanent loan King Baudouin Foundation
Jacobus de Succa, Sundial, brass
House altar depicting Our Lady, St Anne and St Joachim
EXHIBITION: From scribble to cartoon: Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens
17 November 2023 tot 18 February 2024
In this exhibition, the Museum Plantin-Moretus shows the 85 most beautiful old master drawings from Flemish collections. From scribble to cartoon: Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens gives an astonishing and representative overview of the art of drawing in our regions in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Peter Paul Rubens, Torso Belvedere, RH.S.109, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Rubenshuis
Peter Paul Rubens, Torso Belvedere, RH.S.109, City of Antwerp Collection, Rubenshuis
Unknown artist, Hercules and the lion of Nemea, terracotta
The Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
In the permanent collection
Peter Paul Rubens, The Annunciation, oil on canvas
Adriaen Brouwer, Peasant drinking, oil on panel
Jan Boeckhorst and Frans Snijders, Farmers on their way to the market, oil on canvas
Jacob Jordaens, Self-portrait, painting, permanent loan King Baudouin Foundation
The Snijders&Rockox House
In the permanent collection
Wilhelm Schubert of Ehrenberg, Interior of the Antwerp Jesuit church, oil on marble
Otto van Veen, Nicolaas Rockox, oil on panel
Peter Paul Rubens, Saint Clare of Assisi/Saint Clare stops the Saracen armies through the Blessed Sacrament, oil sketch on panel
Frans Snijders, Still life with game and fruit, oil on panel
Otto van Veen, The little Hercules wrestles with a snake, oil on copper
Anthony van Dyck, Head of Jupiter (fragment), oil on canvas, private collection
Peter Paul Rubens (studio), Head study, oil on canvas, private collection
Bust of Hercules, plaster
Bust of Vitellius, 16th century, lava on marble base
Lombardi, Borgesian Gladiator, bronze
Servaes Cardon, Satyr, terracotta
Unknown artist, Hercules and the lion of Nemea, terracotta
Lucas Faydherbe, Drunken Bacchus, relief, terracotta
Lucas Faydherbe, Bacchante, terracotta
Roman urn, 2nd century AD, marble, private collection
International
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom
EXHIBITION: 'Rubens & Women'
Still until 28 January 2024
Rubens & Women, a major exhibition of the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), will unite over 40 paintings and drawings from the artist's career. The exhibition will be the first to challenge the popular assumption that Rubens painted only one type of woman, providing instead a more nuanced view of the artist who painted more portraits of his wives and children than almost any other, even Rembrandt. The exhibition reveals the varied and important place occupied by women, both real and imagined, in his world.
Peter Paul Rubens, Adam en Eva (detail), RH.S.164, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Rubenshuis
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States
Later this year in the permanent collection
Jacob Jordaens, Moses and his Ethiopian wife Seporah, oil on canvas, Flemish Community Collection
Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
EXHIBITION: 'Rubens in Palazzo Te: Schilderkunst, transformatie en vrijheid
7 October 2023 tot 7 January 2024
From October 7th, 2023 to January 7th, 2024, Mantua’s Palazzo Te dedicates to Rubens the research exhibition Rubens at Palazzo Te. Painting, Transformation and Freedom, which will focus in particular on the relationship between the Flemish painter and the mythological culture he encountered in Italy.
Sebastiaan Vranckx, Italian garden with gallery and figures, oil on panel
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
EXHIBTION: 'The touch of Pygmalion. Rubens and sculpture in Rome'.
14 November 2023 to 18 February 2024
From November 14th, 2023, to February 18th, 2024, Galleria Borghese will hold the exhibition Pygmalion’s touch. Rubens and Sculpture in Rome, curated by Francesca Cappelletti and Lucia Simonato. The exhibition will explore how the influences of Rubens’ trip to Italy in the first decade of the 17th century take on a decisive new vigour in the years following the return to his homeland, also thanks to the Italian stays of his Flemish pupils.
Frans Duquesnoy, The sleep of Silenus, RH.B.046, City of Antwerp Collection, Rubenshuis
