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Rubens oil sketch, Courtesy of the Museo del Prado
When:
Aug 2009 (annual)
Where:
Grote Markt
Cost:
Free
Opening Hours:
8am-10pm
Antwerp hosts an annual market in honour of the city's most famous resident and painter of curvaceous 16th-century lovelies - Rubens. Traders dress in period costume to peddle their wares, turning the Grote Markt into a replica of one of the master's works.
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In the 16th century, Antwerp was head and shoulders above Brussels as the artistic capital of Belgium and (arguably) of Europe. The masters of the Flemish school - Jordaens, Van Dyke and Rubens - were to develop a style which combined Northern detail and atmosphere with the Italian style and flair. Rubens remains Antwerp's most illustrious citizen.
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