Double-sided page featuring a sketch and text sheds new light on the baroque master and his time living in Rome
More than 400 years ago, the up and coming Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens toured the streets of Rome, notebook in hand, sketching images from Renaissance works adorning the city’s churches and palazzos.
Now a rare sheet, thought to be from his Roman sketchbook, has gone on display in his home city of Antwerp, shedding new light on the baroque master.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/rare-rubens-notebook-sheet-goes-on-display-in-artists-home-city-of-antwerp
Author : Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Publish date : 2026-05-25 10:00:00
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