The Rubens House, opened in 1946, is one of the most popular museums in Belgium. The famous painter Pieter Pauwel Rubens lived in his own Italian-style workshop house on the banks of a canal in Antwerp. Italian-style workshop house on the banks of a canal in Antwerp. The hospitable host hosted talented Flemish painters, the French Queen Maria de Medici, the Duke of Buckingham and other notables. Rubens was also avid collector, who collected valuable paintings by Titian, Raphael, Jan van den Eyck, a large number of works by other painters. Eick, and a large number of works by other painters, including his own pupils.
After his death, about 300 paintings, sculptures, coins, medals, precious stones, ivory figurines, as well as books and manuscripts. In 1939, the Rubens House was purchased by the Antwerp administration, and the museum, which is open to the public, is furnished with authentic artifacts. The museum, which is open to the public, is furnished with authentic 17th century furniture and works by the great artist, has preserved the spirit of the time.
The most interesting exhibit of the museum is Rubens' chair with a golden inscription, belonging to the St Luke's Guild of Antwerp. The living rooms, located on the on the first floor are connected by a small gallery with a preserved black marble fireplace. The walls are adorned with paintings by the painter himself - "The Annunciation" and the "The Moorish King", as well as his teachers: Otto van Veen, Cornelios de Vos and Jan Wildens. A garden with a pavilion in the style of a small antique temple, depicted by the depicted by the master in his 1631 painting "Walking", testifies to his high artistic taste and outstanding personality of Rubens.
The artist's rich creative collection is housed in many museums from Aachen to Zurich.
