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Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Antwerp's big museum has a collection of six centuries of Flemish art, from Jean Fouquet to Rubens and James Ensor, in a great building that reopened in 2022 after a long renovation.
History of the museum
The museum has its roots in 1810, when Napoleon returned paintings that had been taken to Paris to Antwerp. It was housed in its present building from 1890 and was closed for 11 years for a restoration that ended in 2022. Rubens, who lived and worked in Antwerp, is the museum's star.
Top pieces
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Virgin and Child (Melun Diptych) Jean Fouquet, 1455
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Adoration of the Magi Peter Paul Rubens, 1624
In our gallery from here (12)
The Seven SacramentsRogier van der Weyden · 1440
Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned PrisonersAlexandre Cabanel · 1887
Saint BarbaraJan van Eyck · 1437
Madonna at the FountainJan van Eyck · 1439
Man with a Roman coinHans Memling · 1473
Christ with singing and music-making AngelsHans Memling · 1489
CalvaryAntonello da Messina · 1475
The Intrigue (Ensor)James Ensor · 1880
Landscape with the Flight into EgyptJoachim Patinir · 1515
Maria SètheThéo van Rysselberghe · 1891
The IronerRik Wouters · 1912
Samson Mocked by the PhilistinesJan Steen · 1676