Antwerp: Rubenshuis

In a side-street (named 'Wapper') of the Meir avenue stands the former house of Peter Paul Rubens, the greatest and most famous of all the Antwerp painters. Rubens bought an existing 16th century house here, after he had returned from his stay in Italy (1600-1608). He lived in the house from 1616 onwards and died here in 1640.

Rubens had it embellished and turned it into one of the most elegant Renaissance-Baroque Houses of the Low Countries, with a beautiful restyled garden and an impressive entrance. It was here that most of his splendid Baroque paintings were created.
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RUBENSHOUSE
Wapper 9 - 11,
2000 Antwerpen
info.rubenshuis@cs.antwerpen.be

Open every day (except Mondays), from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on certain public holidays.