Rubens' Antwerp: A Guide - Softcover

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Irene Smets studied history and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven. She has numerous publications and articles about history and culture to her name. She is the author of a series of guides for Belgian museums and monuments: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp, The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp, The Groeninge Museum and Arent House Bruges, The Memling Museum Bruges, The Royal Palace in Brussels and The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken.

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This Guide to Rubens in Antwerp takes you to all the different places in the city where the work of Peter Paul Rubens can be seen. You can visit his house and workshop, where he created his great masterpieces. You can walk past the homes of his friends Balthasar Moretus and Nicolaas Rockox. You can admire his paintings in the historic churches for which they were made.

• Learn about Rubens the man and the fascinating world of the Baroque
• Walk an easy-to-follow route to discover all the Rubens sites of interest in Antwerp
• Relive the pleasure of your visit thanks to the book’s many coloured photographs