Nationalmuseum Rubens Paintings Loaned to Munich in Exchange for 20 Masterpieces
November 8, 2009 by All Art
Filed under Art Museums & Galleries, Featured
STOCKHOLM.- In a one-off exchange this fall, two of Sweden’s largest and most famous baroque paintings have been taken to Munich to star in a major exhibition of works by Peter Paul Rubens, the 17th-century Flemish master. In return, Nationalmuseum will receive 20 spectacular paintings from Munich next spring. The exhibition compares works by Rubens and Van Dyck, highlighting the relationship between them and the unparalleled influence of these two masters on Flemish painting [...]