Welcome to the city of the Flemish Masters of the Baroque: Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens; and of their teachers from the Renaissance period: Otto Van Veen and Adam van Noort, and their collaborators Frans Snijders, Cornelis de Vos, Daniel Seghers, Cornelis Schut, and many of their pupils and followers.
Today, you can still admire their paintings here, many of which can be viewed at their original locations. This is particularly true for the religious works in churches.
Please join us on a journey through Antwerp in the 17th century. We’ll follow in the footsteps of artists who have literally highlighted their vibrant Flemish lives in colour, light and shadow. We’ll walk along their streets and houses, their statues or commemorative plaques. You’ll find out how popular they still are, as you will often encounter them in public places. Today they remain national and European ambassadors of a rich cultural past.
In passing, we also greet their wives and children, their relatives and friends; so, we shall also hear stories about the dark side of their private lives.
Topa is working on a project about the 3 great Flemish Masters of Baroque painting.
The underlying websites are already accessible, but be aware that they are still under development…
For the time being, only this website focused on Petrus Paulus Rubens is accessible.
Gradually there will also be one for both Antoon van Dyck and Jacques Jordaens
Practical guide to reading our pages:
- on an image: click for a larger size you can zoom in on
- on a title or caption: click for the underlying page or for the full-screen text (with the illustration, a quote (italic), the excerpt you can also listen to (as soon as available), the continuation of the walking route (green))
- on a media player: with start/stop you listen to the audio clip (as soon as available) which you can read under the title. You have that access directly from our printed walking map via QR code.
To follow the walks: below each ROUTE you will find the walking route on a street map.
Choose your route; we recommend the order South – East – North – Center.
