A familiar narrative around the Brussels sculptor François du Quesnoy (1597-1643), known in Rome as il Fiammingo, goes something like this: despite being Flemish by birth, suffering various personal [...] Read More
17th-Century Flemish
The Holy Trinity, the Life of the Virgin, Madonnas and the Holy Family (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part IV, 1)
One of the greatest catalogue projects in the history of art history is nearing its finish line. The entirety of Rubens’s output along with related sketches, drawings, variants, and copies engaged the [...] Read More
Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius & Peter Paul Rubens
The life and career of Peter Paul Rubens were defined by his foreign travels, both artistic and diplomatic. In a near-constant to and fro across Europe, two seemingly essential journeys and exchanges [...] Read More
The Rubens Garden: A Masterpiece in Bloom / Rubens’ Tuin: Een meesterwerk in bloei.
This small book by Klara Alen, research curator of the historical garden of the Rubenshuis, was published in 2024 to mark the renovation and redesign of Rubens's garden, located in the heart of [...] Read More
Fantasmagorie. Streghe, demoni e tentazioni nell’arte fiamminga e olandese del Seicento
The European fascination with the various manifestations of witches, demons and evil temptations seems endless; it generated a flourishing production of imagery that was supported by literary culture. [...] Read More
From Scribble to Cartoon: Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens in Flemish Collections
In 1548, early in his printing career, Christophe Plantin left Paris for the greater opportunities and resources of Antwerp. There, he established one of the leading printmaking and publishing houses [...] Read More