The garden of the Rubens House is a hidden gem in the heart of Antwerp. This is the place where the world-famous artist lived with his family and entourage and could relax. The garden has been reconstructed and, thanks to advice from fashion designer Dries Van Noten, provides year-round color, season after season. The design hearkens back to plant species from Rubens’ time, including columbine, marigolds and citrus plants.<\/p>\n
This book presents the results of years of archive research that went into the reconstruction of The Rubens Garden<\/em><\/strong>, describes the historical context and provides an overview of the main flowers and plants and their story. With beautiful details from floral still lifes and other works of Rubens and his contemporaries, this richly illustrated book reveals the beauty of the unique garden of the Rubens House in Antwerp. In addition, it offers a glimpse of little-known historical material about this magical garden and city gardens in Antwerp in the time of Rubens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The book presents archival research on the reconstructed Rubens Garden in Antwerp, highlighting its historical context, main plants, and artistic connections to Rubens and his contemporaries. The publication coincides with the opening of the newly created Rubens Garden at the Rubens House in Antwerp in August 2024.
HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOR THE RUBENS GARDEN
\n19 Embellishing the garden
\n24 Willem and Jaspar, Rubens’s gardeners
\n30 Atro telluris occulta. Hidden in the darkness of the earth
\n35 The portico: the crown jewel of the Rubens Garden
\n42 The pavilion: the eye-catcher
\n46 The berceau
\n54 Antwerp city gardens in Rubens’s time
\n57 From the library of Rubens and his son Albert
\n62 The flower catalogue of a Brussels painter
\n66 Painted flower pieces for the Rubens Garden
\nA SMALL FLORILEGIUM OF THE RUBENS GARDEN
\n78 Aquilegia vulgaris \/ Columbine
\n81 Borago officinalis \/ Borage
\n85 Calendula officinalis \/ Marigold
\n89 Citrus
\n98 Cyclamen hederifolium \/ Sowbread
\n103 Dianthus \/ Carnation
\n109 Erythronium dens-canis \/ Dog’s tooth violet
\n113 Ficus carica \/ Fig
\n119 Fragaria vesca \/ Wild strawberry
\n123 Fritillaria imperialis \/ Crown imperial
\n126 Fritillaria meleagris \/ Snake’s head fritillary
\n128 Humulus lupulus \/ Hop
\n130 Jasminum \/ Jasmine
\n133 Laurus nobilis \/ Bay tree
\n137 Pyrus ‘Rousselet de Reims’ \/ Pear
\n142 Rosmarinus \/ Rosemary
\n145 Taxus baccata \/ Yew
\n149 Tulipa \/ Tulip
\n156 Further reading
\n157 Photo credits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523,21581],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51528","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"product_cat-natural-world","8":"author-by-author-klara-alen","9":"publisher-hannibal-books","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n