. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . els, were painted for a triumphal arch inthe Place de Meir — yet they are masterpiecesof portraiture, perfect and splendid do\Yn tothe minutest detail! According to a report made in 1879, by theCommission Anversoise chargee de reunirVouevre de Rubens, en gravures ou en photo-graphies, there are altogether no less than twothousand, tw6 hundred and thirty-five picturesa
. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . els, were painted for a triumphal arch inthe Place de Meir — yet they are masterpiecesof portraiture, perfect and splendid do\Yn tothe minutest detail! According to a report made in 1879, by theCommission Anversoise chargee de reunirVouevre de Rubens, en gravures ou en photo-graphies, there are altogether no less than twothousand, tw6 hundred and thirty-five picturesand sketches by this amazingly prolific artist,and four hundred and eighty-four designs —a total of two thousand, seven hundred andnineteen known works. At Antwerp alonethere are upwards of one hundred pictures, ofwhich more than a score are masterpieces ofworld-wide renown and incalculable the great trio at the cathedral, andthe family portraits in the Plantin Museum,the museum catalogues more than thirty sub-jects of which the Spear Thrust {Coup deLance), Adoration of the Magi or WiseMen, the Last Communion of Saint Fran-cis, the Christ on the Straw {a la Paille), The Prodigal Son, and Virgin Instructed. Antwerp from the Time of Rubens 445 by Saint Anne are among the more here and at the Plantin Museum the stu-dent of Eubens can find many interestingprints, sketches and minor examples of thegreat masters work. At the museum also isthe interesting Holy Family known as LaVierge au Perroquet (Virgin with the Par-rot) which was presented by Eubens to theGuild of St. Luke when he was elected Presi-dent of that famous organisation in the Place de Meir is the house of Eubens,largely a replica of the original built in theeighteenth century — few vestiges of the build-ing in which the great painter held his almostroyal court remaining. It is worth a visit, butis far inferior to the Plantin Museum as amemorial and in the interest and importance
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