Rubens Exhibition at muBAV Traces the Forging of a Genius
The Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (muBAV) presents 'Rubens. El florecimiento de un genio', an exhibition curated by Ana Diéguez-Rodríguez that explores Peter Paul Rubens' artistic development from his apprenticeship in Antwerp to his work for the Mantuan court. The show features 61 works, including recent discoveries and loans, such as a painting from Pietro Facchetti's 'Creation' series restored by Rubens, an oil sketch for the Chiesa Nuova altar in Rome, and a fragment possibly from Rubens' lost 'The Continence of Scipio'. The exhibition highlights Rubens' collaborative workshop model, where he worked with specialists like Jan Brueghel I and Jan Wildens. It also emphasizes his erudition, multilingualism, and the 'cabinet of curiosities' he maintained in Antwerp. The show runs until October 4 at muBAV, directed by Pablo González Tornel.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Rubens. El florecimiento de un genio' at Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (muBAV)
- Curated by Ana Diéguez-Rodríguez, director of the Instituto Moll
- Traces Rubens' development from apprenticeship with Tobias Verhaecht, Adam van Noort, and Otto van Veen to master in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp (1598)
- Highlights his Italian period (1600–1608) working for the Duke of Mantua
- Includes 61 works, some in collaboration with specialists like Jan Brueghel I and Jan Wildens
- Features a painting from Pietro Facchetti's 'Creation' series restored by Rubens
- Includes an oil sketch for the Chiesa Nuova altar in Rome
- Possible identification of a fragment from Rubens' lost 'The Continence of Scipio'
- Runs until October 4 at muBAV, directed by Pablo González Tornel
Entities
Artists
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Pablo González Tornel
- Ana Diéguez-Rodríguez
- Tobias Verhaecht
- Adam van Noort
- Otto van Veen
- Giulio Romano
- Jan Brueghel I
- Jan Wildens
- Pietro Facchetti
- Eugène Delacroix
Institutions
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (muBAV)
- Instituto Moll
- Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp
- Duke of Mantua court
- Chiesa Nuova
Locations
- Siegen
- Germany
- Valencia
- Spain
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Italy
- Mantua
- Rome
- Valladolid