Rubens' House: Exterior view of entrance

Exterior view of entrance ; Peter Paul Rubens this house 1610 - a year after his marriage to Isabella Brant - living there until his death in 1640. He arranged the house to his own taste and requirements, making his home to the left of the entrance and turning the right wing into his studio. The two parts are joined by an elaborate and much admired portico. In the 18th century the house was owned for a time by an English aristocrat. Following the French Revolution it was used as a prison, thereafter falling more and more into disrepair. Rubenshuis finally came into the possession of the City o... Mehr ...