Rubens' Europe

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Rubin's Europe was a temporary exhibition at the Louvre-Lens which took place in the temporary exhibitions gallery from May 22 to September 23, 2013, following the inaugural Renaissance exhibition. The exhibition brought together 170 works by Pierre Paul Rubens and his contemporaries, the majority of which were on loan from other museums.

Preparing the exhibition took just under two years of work. Many of the works involved come from major international museums.

It was open to the public for four months, with 127,956 visitors attended, a little over 20,000 less than the inaugural exhibition, which was open for three weeks less. The statistics in terms of visitors were described as a "success" and "a satisfactory result", although the word of journalists and specialists were mixed, even sometimes negative, though often celebrating the quality of the works. The entrance fee was nine euros, the reduced price was eight. Rubens' Europe was replaced by The Etruscans and the Mediterranean from December 5, 2013.

The Caisse d'Épargne Nord France Europe was a "major sponsor" of the exhibition. The Exhibition was curated by Blaise Ducos.

Opening

The opening took place on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in the afternoon, three hundred guests attending, including Daniel Percheron and Jean-Pierre Kucheida. As well as politicians, patrons or representatives of partner museums and lenders were present.

File:Peter Paul Rubens - Self-portrait - RH.S.180 - Rubenshuis (after restoration).jpg

Unlike the Renaissance exhibition, whose vast majority of works came from the Louvre, most of the works for Rubens' Europe came from other museums, including those of eight countries:{{Div col}}

National Library of France, Paris, France
Fondation Custodia, Paris, France
Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France
National Institute of Art History, Paris, France
Bonnat-Helleu Museum, Bayonne, France
Palais des beaux-arts, Lille, France
Chartreuse Museum, Douai, France
Museum of the History of France, Versailles, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Marseille, France
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
Maximilianmuseum, Augsburg, Germany
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, State Museums, Berlin, Germany
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Bruxelles, Belgium
Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
Musée du Prado, Madrid, Spain
Musée Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Palacio de Liria, Madrid, Spain
Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
:es:Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Spain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, America
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, America
National Gallery of Art, Washington, America
Musée des beaux-arts de Houston, Houston, America
Musée des beaux-arts, Boston, America
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, America
Centre d'art britannique de Yale, New Haven, America
Musée national du Bargello, Florence, Italy
Palais Pitti, Florence, Italy
Musées du Capitole, Rome, Italy
Galerie Borghèse, Rome, Italy
Musée Teyler, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Musée Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The UK-Uni
British Museum, London, The UK-Uni
National Gallery, London, The UK-Uni
Royal Collection, London, The UK-Uni
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, The UK-Uni

In total, there are fifty-three lenders, mostly museums, and some collectors. The works were in seven rooms: L'Europe des cours (rooms 1 and 2), Religious emotion and baroque faith (room No.3), Ephemeral monumentality (room No.4), Rubens, emulation and competition (room No .5), Rubens and the Republic of Letters (room No.6), and The Ways of Genius (room No.7).

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (03).JPG|1^re salle : L'Europe des cours.

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (04).JPG|2^e salle : L'Europe des cours.

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (12).JPG|3^e salle : Émotion religieuse et foi baroque.

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (18).JPG|4^e salle : Monumentalité éphémère.

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (25).JPG|5^e salle : Rubens, émulation et concurrence.

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (35).JPG|6^e salle : Rubens et la république des lettres.

File:Louvre-Lens - L'Europe de Rubens (44).JPG|7^e salle : Les voies du génie.

Bibliography

{{Cite book

|language=fr

|title=L'Europe de Rubens

|location=Lens & Paris

|publisher=Musée du Louvre-Lens & Éditions Hazan

|year=2013

|isbn=978-2-36838-012-3

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References

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{{Cite web |url= http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/louvre-lens-rubens-et-l-europe-ouvrent-leurs-portes-au-musee-ia35b0n1267429 |title= Louvre-Lens: Rubens et l'Europe ouvrent leurs portes au musée |website= lavoixdunord.fr |publisher= La Voix du Nord|author= Pauline Drouet |date= 21 May 2013 }}

{{Cite web |url= http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/louvre-lens-derriere-chaque-publication-consacree-aux-ia35b0n1256864 |title= Louvre-Lens: derrière chaque publication consacrée aux expositions on trouve forcément Lucie ! |website= lavoixdunord.fr |publisher= La Voix du Nord |author= Yves Portelli |date= 21 May 2013 }}

{{Cite web |url= http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/louvre-lens-derriere-chaque-publication-consacree-aux-ia35b0n1256864 |title= Coup d'envoi de l'exposition "L'Europe de Rubens" qui place le Louvre-Lens sur la carte du monde des musées |website= lavoixdunord.fr |publisher= La Voix du Nord|author= Pauline Drouet |date= 22 May 2013 }}

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External links

{{URL|http://www.louvrelens.fr/exposition-temporaire-l-europe-de-rubens}}
{{YouTube|jyd28BN-w04|Exposition temporaire L'Europe de Rubens, musée du Louvre-Lens}}

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