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List of past issues
2023 | 4
- Hinc Lucem et Pocula Sacra
- Dear Friends of the Rubenianum by Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Rubenianum Fund
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard xiv (1): The Medici Series by Nils Büttner
- ‘Rare and Indispensable: Masterpieces from Flemish Collections’ by Ben van Beneden, co-curator of the exhibition
- Rubeniana:
- From Scribble to Cartoon. Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens
- Selected Studies by Arnout Balis
- Topping out the Rubenshuis’s new reception building
2023 | 3
- Rubenianum Fund Field Trip to Scotland, 9–12 June 2023 by Michel Ceuterick
- Dear Friends of the Rubenianum by Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Rubenianum Fund
- Michel de Marolles’s Collection of Prints after Rubens by Nils Büttner
- Peace and War by Erasmus Quellinus II (1607–1678) by Nils Büttner
- Oud Holland celebrates its 140th birthday with… Rubens! by Bert Watteeuw
- Town & Country: historic archive from Rubens’s country estate acquired by Rubenshuis by Bert Watteeuw
2023 | 2
- Empty museum? Full house! by Liene Conard
- Dear Friends of the Rubenianum by Bert Watteeus, Director Rubenshuis & Rubenianum
- Klara Alen: A new Rubenshuis staff member introduces herself
- Rubens, the Jesuits and the Arts of Persuasion: Baroque Influencers by Hildegard Van de Velde
- Continuing the ‘Digitization of the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard’ by Elise Gacoms
- Art Evaluation Day at the Rubenianum by Elise Gacoms
2023 | 1
- Moving the art collection by Martine Maris (translation by Abigail Newman)
- Dear Friends of the Rubenianum by Nils Büttner, Chairman Centrum Rubenianum
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part iv.1: The Holy Trinity and The Life of the Virgin by Fiona Healy
- A Masterplan for the Master by Bert Watteeuw
- Books by two former Rubenianum Visiting Researchers by Abigail Newman
2022 | 4
- Fallow land by Bert Watteeuw
- Dear Friends of the Rubenianum by Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Rubenianum Fund
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XI.2: Mythological Subjects: Hercules to Olympus by Elizabeth McGrath et al.
- Heads up! A newly discovered head study by Rubens by Ben van Beneden
- Alive in books: Arnout Balis’s library incorporated by Ute Staes
- MFA Boston’s Center for Netherlandish Art visiting Antwerp by Abigail Newman
2022 | 3
- ‘Siet toch wel toe, als ghij vertrecken sult, dat alles wel opgesloten sij’ by Bert Watteeuw
- Dear Friends of the Rubenianum by Nabilla Ait Daoud, Vice-Mayor for Culture, City of Antwerp
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XXII.2: Rubens’s House by Nora De Poorter and Frans Baudouin
- Lise, Monique, Michiel and Liene, The new staff members of the Rubens House and Rubenianum introduce themselves by Lise Van Camp
- The Bagpipe Player in Rubens’s Garden Grotto: A New Acquisition for the Rubens House by Abigail Newman
2022 | 2
- ‘uit den hoff’ – from the garden
- ‘The Final Push’ by Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Rubenianum Fund
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XX: Study Heads and Anatomical Studies. 1. Anatomical Studies by Michael W. Kwakkelstein
- The Burchard Drawings, (Re)discovery of seventeenth-century Topstukken by Lieneke Nijkamp
- Rubens research in nineteenth-century Antwerp: Ro(o)ses all the way by Elise Gacoms
2022 | Special Issue
- Rubenianum Fund 2010 - 2024, The Final Push
- Interviews with Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard authors
2022 | 1
- Rubens House’s masterpiece by Van Ehrenberg on view in St. Louis Museum of Art by Martine Maris
- Corpus Rubenianum - Rachel Wise enlightens us on her research in the Rubenianum
- The Drawings of Peter Paul Rubens: A Critical Catalogue, Volume One (1590–1608) - An interview with Anne-Marie Logan and Kristin Lohse Belkin by Bert Watteeuw
- Rubeniana - Restoration of a house altar by Martine Maris and Going once, going twice… Sold! by Ute Staes
2021 | 4
- Arnout Balis remembered by Cécile Kruyfhooft
- Corpus Rubenianum - ‘The Sap of Life’. A Conversation with Ben van Beneden on the occasion of his retirement by Cécile Kruyfhooft
- Two new acquisitions for the Rubens House in honour of Ben van Beneden by Bert Watteeuw
- Rubeniana - What is this thing called love? Otto Vaenius’s Amorum emblemata (1608) enriches the Rubenianum library by Ute Staes
2021 | 3
- In Memoriam Arnout Balis 1952–2021 by Thomas Leysen, Chairman Rubenianum Fund
- Arnout Balis and the Birth of the Rubenianum Fund by Ben van Beneden
- Arnout Balis 29 July 1952 – 6 September 2021 by Elizabeth McGrath
2021 | 2
- A Special Gift to Honour a Special Couple by Ben Van Beneden
- Corpus Rubenianum - Portraits of Unidentified and Newly Identified Sitters Painted in Antwerp by Katlijne Van der Stighelen and Hans Vlieghe
- An Unrecognized Treasure (Re)Discovered. Jacques Jordaens’s Martyrdom of Sts Cyricus and Julitta by Brecht Vanoppen
- Rubeniana - A Bequest to the Rubenshuis by Ben Van Beneden
2021 | 1
- From limbo to Venice, then to London and the Rubenshuis by Ben Van Beneden
- Corpus Rubenianum - Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, part XX/2, Study Heads by Nico Van Hout
- The Connoisseur’s Tribune - A new acquisition for the Rubenshuis: The Raising of Lazarus by Arnout Vinckenborch by Bert Schepers
- Rubeniana - The Rubenshuis acquires two terracotta sculptures by Lucas Faydherbe by Ben Van Beneden
2020 | 4
- A new acquisition for the Rubenshuis: Head of a Bearded Man by Jacob Jordaens by Ben Van Beneden
- Corpus Rubenianum . Interview with our generous benefactors, A. Gary and Anita Klesch, founders of The Klesch Collection by Prof. Katlijne Van der Stighelen
- Rubens in Stuttgart: Geronima Spinola and Her Granddaughter Maria Giovanna Serra by Nils Büttner and Anna Orlando
2020 | 3
- A painting by Willem Panneels, an intriguing pupil of Rubens by Arnout Balis
- Corpus Rubenianum. Remembering Elly Miller by Elisabeth McGrath
- Rubeniana. Updates from the Rubenianum Research Adviser by Abigail Newman
2020 | 2
- The Rubenshuis receives a long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum by Ben van Beneden
- Corpus Rubenianum. The Rubens House receives the international Europa Nostra Award for the conservation of its garden screen and pavilion by Ben van Beneden
- Remembering Matthias Jacque by Bert Watteeuw
2020 | 1
- After the Plague by Ben van Beneden
- Corpus Rubenianum. Genre Scenes by Nils Büttner
- ‘Solar Eclipse in Mantua’, 1605, by Peter Paul Rubens: Chronology of a Hypothesis by Roger Van der Linden
2019 | 4
- Rubenianum Fund field trip to Mantua by Michel Ceuterick
- Subjects from History: The Decius Mus Series by Arnout Balis
- A painting by Gillis Mostaert identified in the Picture Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest by Elise Boutsen
- Introducing Dr Marina Daiman, Rubenianum Fellow 2019–20
2019 | 3
- The Rubenshuis acquires a rare work by Otto van Veen by Ben Van Beneden
- Portrait of a Bruegel expert by Elise Gacoms
- A drawing by Otto van Veen in the Rubens House rediscovered and identified by Sarah Van Ooteghem
- Madonna meets Mad Meg at Museum Mayer van den Bergh
2019 | 2
- Rubens’s designs for Architectural Sculpture by Valérie Herremans
- Two rediscovered oil sketches by Abraham van Diepenbeeck by Adam Sammut, PhD candidate, University of York, UK
- Archive of Hans Gerhard Evers: Another Rubenianum Special Collection now inventoried by Elise Gacoms
- Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625): A Magnificent Draughtsman! Antwerp, Snijders&Rockox House, 5 October 2019–26 January 2020
2019 | 1
- Rubens’s garden screen and loggia restored by Ben Van Beneden
- Vincent Malò’s Assumption of the Virgin in the Galleria Colonna unveiled by Bert Schepers
- Artistic Connections between Antwerp and Genoa Symposium and book launch: 20 September 2019, Rubenianum
2018 | 4
- Rubenianum Fund Field Trip to Holland
- Corpus Rubenianum. In memoriam Carl Van de Velde 1936–2018
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, part xii. Allegories and Subjects from Literature by Nils Büttner
2018 | 3
- Rubens Oil Sketches in Rotterdam
- Corpus Rubenianum. Interview with Dominique Allard 'Getting people on side for something beautiful'
- The Connoisseurs' Tribune. Isabella d'Este in Black. A unique drawing from the studio of Rubens discovered in Lier
2018 | 2
- Rubens's St Andrew 'de los Flamencos' comes home
- The next CRLB volume scheduled for publication in September 2018. Architecture and Sculpture: The Jesuit Church of Antwerp by Ria Fabri and Piet Lombaerde
2018 | 1
- The Snijders&Rockox House: A museum full of surprises in the heart of Antwerp
- Three women unleashed in the Flemish drawings collections
- The Connoisseurs' Tribune, A new attribution to Gillis van Coninxloo II 1544-1606/07
2017 | 4
- A master plan for the Rubens site
- Alexis Merle du Bourg introduces his Corpus volume on Rubens's Henri IV series
- Van Dyck, Rubens, Hillewerve and the Amazons
2017 | 3
- Peter Paul Rubens: The Power of Transformation
- Adriaen de Bie meets Caravaggio: The Saint Eligius Altarpiece, Lier
- The Rubenianum Fund Field Trip to Princely Rome, October 2017 by Michel Ceuterick
2017 | 2
- In Memoriam Eric Le Jeune 1934-2017
- The Ministry of Christ. Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XIII:2 by Koen Bulckens
- Rubens's Return from Egypt returns home by Karen Bonne
2017 | 1
- The Sky is the Limit. Rockoxhuis shows landscape paintings from the Low Countries.
- Brecht Vanoppen - Another precious collaborator at the Rubenianum introduces himself
- Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens as an inspiration
2016 | 4
- Looking beyond 2018: The Rubenianum participates in the Jan Breughel project
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Visiting researchers Katharine Campbell and Suzanne DuffIntroduced by Bert Watteeuw, Curator of Research Collections at the Rubenianum
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The Calumny of Apelles by Maerten de Vos
2016 | 3
- Rubenianum Fellow Elizabeth Gebauer on her research
- Financial Overview of the Rubenianum Fund
- Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XXVII (1)
Works in Collaboration: Brueghel I & II
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New York revisited
2016 | 2
- Summer Course for the Study of the Arts in Flanders 2016: The Age of Rubens in Context
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Short-term editorial assistant Marlise Rijks helped prepare forthcoming CRLB volumePortraits after Existing Prototypes
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Rubenianum Field Trip, New York, 13-15 May 2016
2016 | SPECIAL EDITION
- Rubenianum Fund 2010 - 2020, Midterm Report
- Interviews with Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard (CRLB) authors
2016 | 1
- Announcing project Collection Ludwig Burchard II
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New staff member archival and documentary collectionsElise Gacoms introduces herself and her activities at the Rubenianum
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Elizabeth McGrath interviewed by Gregory Martin
2015 | 4
- The great tradition of Antwerp landscape painting
- Interview with 2015-16 Rubenianum Fellow Jamie Richardson
- Some important new acquisitions for the Rubenshuis
2015 | 3
- A fine gesture from one of our donors intensifies the bond between scholars and patrons
- 'Seeing the wood for the trees': introducing project associate Elise Boutsen and patron Eric Le Jeune
- The New Hollstein Rubens: Towards a new catalogue raisonné of prints after Peter Paul Rubens
2015 | 2
- The Antwerp field trip of the Rubenianum Fund
- Aaron Hyman about the work he did as a researcher in residence at the Rubenianum
2015 | 1
- Presentation of a new volume of the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard
- A visit to Rubens’s private life. The master’s portrait of his family in the Rubenshuis
2014 | 4
- The Rubenianum Fund’s trip to Genoa with Rubens and Van Dyck
- Karen De Meyst on the subject of Digitizing the Corpus Rubenianum
2014 | 3
- Nico Van Hout on the exhibition Sensation and Sensuality in BOZAR
- Dirk Buelens on the project of making the Ludwig Burchard collection accessible
- Isabelle Van Tichelen about her work at the Centrum Rubenianum
2014 | 2
- An opportunity to meet the new Director of Publications at the Centrum Rubenianum: Koenraad Jonckheere
- Prisca Valkeneers on the subject of Rubens's pupil Justus van Egmont
2014 | 1
- Abigail Newman on the subject of her research on Flemish artists in Madrid
- Karolien De Clippel and Filip Vermeylen about the project Cultural transmission and artistic exchanges in the Low Countries
- The Rubenshuis presents a newly-acquired sketch by Justus van Egmont
2013 | 4
- Interview with Anne-Marie Logan
- Report of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Rubenianum
- Sarah Moran and Ivo Raband on their period as visiting scholars at the Rubenianum
2013 | 3
- Bert Watteeuw on his work at the Rubenianum as curator of documentation
- Thomas Leysen and Michel Ceuterick behind the scenes of the royal visit to Louvre-Lens
- Ben Van Beneden, director of the Rubenshuis, on the dossier exhibition Rubens tegendraads
2013 | 2
- Hildegard van de Velde, curator of the Rockox House, about art collecting in Antwerp
- Marieke D’Hooghe of the Centrum Rubenianum about her work as a research assistant
- Presentation of a new publication and exhibition together with an innovative project on Rubens
2013 | 1
- Interview with director Dominique Allard about the activities relating to art and cultural heritage of the King Boudewijn Foundation
- An introduction to the authors of the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard
2012 | 4
- Bert Schepers on the singerie painting that was recently acquired by the Rubenshuis
- Adam Eaker on his period as a visiting scholar at the Rubenianum
2012 | 3
- The partnership between the Rubenianum and the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) in The Hague
- Koen Bulckens on the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard and the Rembrandt Research Project
- Ben Van Beneden discusses the new acquisitions of the Rubenshuis
2012 | 2
- Carl Van de Velde on his research on the information relating to Rubens’s birth
- Lieneke Nijkamp on her work as a research assistant at the Rubenianum
2012 | 1
- Brief report of the presentation of Koen Brosens’s volume of the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard in Paris
- Ute Staes on the library of the Rubenianum
- Interview with Gregory Martin
2011 | 4
- Interview with Viviane Verbraeken, head of the reading room
- Carl Van de Velde on the correspondence of Rubens
- Valérie Herremans on an oil sketch from the collection of the Rubenshuis
2011 | 3
- Interview with Véronique Van de Kerckhof, director of the Rubenianum
- The exhibition Palazzo Rubens and Rubens’s relationship with architecture
- News on the colloquium The notion of the painter-architect in Italy and the Southern Netherlands
2011 | 2
- The Centrum Rubenianum and its two editorial assistants
- Presentation of a new Rubens drawing in the Koninklijke Museums voor Schone Kunsten van België
- News about an important acquisition for the Rubenianum
2011 | 1
- Arnout Balis on Rubens’s Theoretical Notebook
- Anne-Marie Logan on the collection of Rubens drawings that was sold at auction in New York
- Meeting with the authors of the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, with Fiona Healy
2010 | 3
- Presentation of the second volume of the Corpus ‘after Italian masters’ in Madrid.
- The Rubenianum Fund had an exclusive viewing there of the Rubens exhibition at the Museo del Prado, with 90 works by the master
2010 | 2
- Ben Van Beneden on an acquisition for the Rubenshuis: a self-portrait of Jacob Jordaens playing the bagpipes, a glimpse of popular culture in 17th-century Antwerp
2010 | 1
- Arnout Balis on the masterpiece by Rubens that was sold for over £9 million at Christie’s London on 6 July 2010: A Commander being armed for Battle
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