Corner room (16)

Corner room (16)

The main item of note in the corner room is the portrait of the young Antoon van Dyck. Rubens painted this intriguing work shortly after Van Dyck came to work in his studio.

 

In this room

Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Rubens called Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) the most talented of his many apprentices and assistants.

Nicolaas Rockox

Nicolaas Rockox

The wealthy lawyer, classicist and collector Nicolaas Rockox (1560-1640) was one of the most prominent men of seventeenth-century Antwerp.

Source: website The Rubens House