Page 47 - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides - The World's Must-See Places
P. 47
BELGIUM 45
Familia Kamer
The family sitting room is cosy,
with a pretty, tiled floor. It
011erlooks Wapper Square. ~Bedroom
The Rubens family lived in the Aerrish
section of the house, with its small
rooms and narrCM/ passages.
~ Dining Room
Intricately fashioned leather
panels line the walls of this
room. which also displays a
noted work by Frans Snyders.
~ Kunstkamer
~Rubens' ~ Baroque Portico
studio
One of the few remaining
original features, this was
designed by Rubens, and
links the older house with >- Fa<ade of
v Formal Gardens the Baroque section.lt Rubens' House
The small garden is laid out formally features a frieze with scenes The older. Rerrish part of
and its charrring pavilion dates from Greek mtthology. the house sits next to the
from Rubens' time. Ia ter house. whose elegant
early-Baroque fa<;ade was
designed by Rubens.
KEY DATES
1610 1614 1640 1700s 1937
Rubens buys a house Rubens' studio Is After Rubens' death, his Rubens' House Rubens' H ouse is bought
on Wapper Square, enlarged to satisfy the second w~e rents out the undergoes various and renovated by the city
Antwerp, and remodels growing demand for house to a riding school. renovations, and then of Antwerp. ~ opens to
it in ~alian style. his\NOrk. becomes neglected. the public in 1946.
