Belgium and Luxembourg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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Dining Room
Intricately fashioned leather
panels line the walls of this
room, which displays a noted
still-life by Frans Snyders.

Baroque Portico
One of the few remaining
original features, this portico
was designed by Rubens and
links the older house with the
Baroque section. It is adorned
with a frieze showing scenes
from Greek mythology.


. Kunstkamer
This art gallery contains a
series of painted sketches
by Rubens. At the far end
is a semicircular dome,
modelled on Rome’s
Pantheon, displaying a
number of marble busts.


Bedroom
The Rubens family lived in
the Flemish section of the
house with its small rooms
and narrow passages. The
furniture in the room,
including the bed, is all
from Rubens’s time.


The Living Room is a
cosy sitting room with
a pretty tiled floor and
view of Wapper Square.

Chequered mosaic
tiled floor

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

Wapper 9–11. Tel (03)


  1. @ 9. v 7, 8, 11, 12.

    10am– 5pm Tue–Sun, Easter


    Mon, Whit Mon. &
    http://www.rubenshouse.be



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