The Rubens House

The Rubens House is the former home and workshop of the world famous Flemish artist and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640). He bought it in 1610, after his marriage to Isabella Brant, and remodelled it according to his own plans into a palace for himself, inspired by the Italian Renaissance palaces.

It has a monumental "portico" in the courtyard and the garden was laid out in Flemish-Italian Renaissance style. Flowers, vegetables and fruits were planted in beds surrounded by a low hedge.

The Rubens House contains a considerable number of paintings and artworks by Rubens and his contemporaries, as well as period furniture.

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