Guided Visit to
Jordaens and the Antique exhibition
After the successful exhibition Rubens: A Genius at Work, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts are organizing a major exhibition on Jacob Jordaens, entitled Jordaens and the Antique. Jordaens (1593-1678) was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. As well as being a successful painter, he was a prominent designer of tapestries. Like Rubens, Jordaens painted altarpieces, mythological and allegorical scenes, and after 1640 – the year Rubens died – he was the most important painter in Antwerp for large-scale commissions.
Loans of around 80 paintings and drawings, tapestries, and sculpture from major museums and private collections from Austria, Denmark, Spain, and the United Kingdom, supplemented with key works from Brussels and Kassel (Germany), will offer the public lesser-known yet unexpectedly engaging episodes from Classical sources.
Note: This visit is limited to a maximum of 15 participants.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, November 10
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Place Royale 3 (Gresham entrance), 1000 Brussels
Price: €20 for ACB and AWCB members; €25 for non-members
Sign up: Reservations are due by noon on Monday, November 5 by email (info@americanclubbrussels.org), online at www.americanclubbrussels.org, or by telephone to the ACB Office Manager (02/219.58.08). Payment to ACB at BE55 4279 1958 8144 (BIC/SWIFT: KREDBEBB) will confirm your reservation. Be sure to mention “Jordaens” in the communications section of the virement. Cancellations are possible until noon on Monday, November 5. Participants canceling after this time, as well as no-shows, are charged the full cost of the event.
