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Antwerp celebrates Rubens

Rubens will be your host this year for the cultural city festival ‘Antwerp Baroque 2018: Rubens Inspires’. You can look forward to a bold and overflowing programme of Baroque, old and new. The Rubens House is the starting point for the celebrations.

Anthony van Dyck

The Head of the Apostle Matthew

Adam de Coster

A man holding a glass of wine and a youth, by candlelight

Frans Floris

Study of a Head of a Bearded Man

Daniël Seghers

Still-life of a vase of flowers

Restoration of portico and garden pavilion completed

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. Rubens designed both features himself, making them rare evidence of Rubens as an architect.