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Five special pieces from the Rubens House on a visit

During an extensive renovation, the doors of the Rubens House remain closed. Fortunately, many works from the collection can be admired elsewhere. Five pieces are moving to Museum Plantin-Moretus. You can now view them there as part of the permanent exhibition. Martine Maris, Curator of the Rubens House, provides a taste of the five very diverse works.

Hercules, Lucas Faydherbe

loan from the Rubens House

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Peter Paul Rubens

loan from the Rubens House

The Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella in the garden of their castle at Coudenberg in Brussels, Jan I Brueghel

loan from the Rubens House

Sundial, Jacobus de Succa

loan from the Rubens House

Home altar

loan from the Rubens House

Impressed by Plantin

woodcut collection online

The Plantin-Moretus Museum keeps an extraordinary collection of 14,000 woodblocks. 14,000 examples of true craftsmanship, drawings masterly cut in wood. We are supplying this impressive collection of woodcuts in high resolution. Feel free to browse as long as you like, get inspired and use your creativity.

Be impressed!

Out and about in Antwerp

The Museum Plantin-Moretus is right in the heart of Antwerp. Near the Cathedral of Our Lady, but also within walking distance of the Fashion Museum and the vibrant shopping district. There’s plenty of other things to discover whenever you visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus.

Welcome to Plantins house

In 1576, Plantin relocated his printing works to the Vrijdagmarkt. His family lived and worked there for three hundred years. They converted the ‘Gulden Passer’ (‘Golden Compasses’) into a beautiful mansion. The Moretus family cherished their printing works, which had become a part of Antwerp’s heritage. The last owner, Edward Moretus, sold the house to the City of Antwerp in 1876.

Meet Plantin and his family

Christophe Plantin and his son-in-law Jan Moretus were a revolutionary duo. They were the first printers on an industrial scale – the Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg of their day. Four hundred years later, you can simply drop in on them. Because their home and workplace are still there, as if they had just popped out to the bakery.