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The Cathedral of Our Lady is the largest Gothic edifice in the Low Countries. After 169 years (1352-1521), the cathedral finally reached its full height, towering over Antwerp at 123 metres. The cathedral is a huge treasury and owns several masterpieces, among others by Rubens. Eye-catchers include Rubens’s “The Elevation of the Cross” and “The Descent from the Cross” . You cannot visit Antwerp without stopping in the Cathedral.
The exhibition “Reunion, from Quentin Massys to Peter Paul Rubens” will run until the end of 2017 in the cathedral. Over the centuries, the cathedral became a veritable treasury of religious art, which was painted and sculpted by reputable masters. Their work graced the cathedral’s columns, chapels and walls until the French Revolution. Several altarpieces were moved to museums in the wake of these turbulent times. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp was one of these museums.
Thanks to the close collaboration with the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, eight of the most magnificent altarpieces in the museum’s collection were temporarily returned to the cathedral. In addition to these works, the cathedral has also displayed eight works from its permanent collection. These are all imposing works, mainly triptychs measuring up to five metres wide and three metres high, which have been integrated in the cathedral’s current interior. Visitors can enjoy a spectacular overview of masterpieces from the Golden Age of painting in Antwerp thanks to this unique in situ reunion.
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