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Exhibitions, 2012 and beyond
The prestigious exhibition "Reunion. From Quinten Metsys to Peter Paul Rubens. Masterpieces from the Royal Museum back in the Cathedral", organized by the Cathedral of Our Lady and the KMSKA, evokes the cathedral interior from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
In that period the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp has become a veritable treasure-house of religious art, painted and carved by celebrated masters. These works reflect iconographic evolutions and socio-economic developments over the centuries.
Until the French Revolution they decorated the Cathedral's columns, chapels and walls. After that numerous altarpieces found their way into museums, including the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA).
A rare opportunity to admire in situ works from the celebrated Antwerp school of painting, from Metsys to Rubens.
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historical, medieval, Religious art, Rubens, Church
