Three highlights from our collection will temporarily be on loan to some of the world’s most visited museums: ‘The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest’, the decorative silver ewer and basin from Rubens’s own collection, and Anthony van Dyck’s ‘Self-Portrait’.
The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest (1628) by Antwerp painter Willem van Haecht (1593–1637) is one of the highlights of the collection of the Rubenshuis. Formally recognised as a Flemish Masterpiece, it has been on temporary display in the Central Gallery of the Museo del Prado in Madrid these past two years due to the renovation of Rubens’s home.
From the end of January, the masterpiece will be on display at the Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna.
Another Flemish Masterpiece is the richly-decorated Silver ewer and basin (1635–1636) from Rubens’s private collection. This superb example of 17th-century Antwerp silver will be shown at the BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels at the end of January.
From 6 May, it will be on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, one of the world’s largest museums for applied arts, decorative arts and design.
Anthony van Dyck’s Self-Portrait (1616–1617) is a small but unique painting in the collection of the Rubenshuis. Since the museum’s partial reopening, it has been featured in the Rubens Experience.
In March, the painting will travel to Genoa for ‘Van Dyck the European: The Journey of a Genius from Antwerp to Genoa and London’ (21/03–19/07/26), an exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale, where it will be one of the exhibition’s highlights.
