# Rubenshuis

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Rubenshuis in Antwerp preserves the home, studios, courtyard, and garden where Peter Paul Rubens lived and developed his artistic practice. Rubens redesigned the house after studying Italian Renaissance palaces. The resulting Flemish townhouse features a monumental portico, an interior courtyard, and a garden opening from the courtyard. The garden provides colour and quiet. The adjacent studio recalls a busy workshop where Rubens worked with students and collaborators on paintings for major commissions. His private studio held drawings, portraits, and smaller paintings. The museum displays works by Rubens and his contemporaries, with period furniture that completes the setting of the restored rooms. Adam and Eve offers an early example of Rubens’s painting. A self-portrait and Willem van Haecht’s The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest broaden the view of Antwerp’s artistic circles. The Rubenianum adds an archive and study centre behind the garden. Together, the rooms, artworks, and garden show how Rubens combined domestic life, collaboration, and individual work. Rubenshuis connects architecture with the making of art.

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## Photos

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