Flemish Masters out of the Shadows

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.

We have mapped out four routes: South – East – North – Centre. It’s best to walk down them in that order. And you really don’t have to do it all in one day.

And through our websites, you can also go through them online with your choice of extra focus on one of the Grand Masters: