{"id":120273,"date":"2025-09-07T06:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/120273\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:55:12","slug":"just-extraordinary-restored-rubens-altarpiece-on-view-in-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/120273\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cJust Extraordinary\u201d: Restored Rubens altarpiece on view in Antwerp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"break-words ligatures-off prose-article-body-r print:leading-7\">\u201cWe worked for two years with an entire team,\u201d said Jill and Ellen Keppens, sisters who restored the painting. \u201cIt\u2019s really going piece by piece to reveal the colours. It\u2019s a huge, complex operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"break-words ligatures-off prose-article-body-r print:leading-7\">The altarpiece is positioned to be seen immediately by visitors entering the Rubens Hall. \u201cNow you see how imposing and impressive it really is, which is just extraordinary,\u201d said the sisters. \u201cI think that if Rubens walked in here, he\u2019s be delighted that we have taken such good care of it. It is the perfect ending. And also a wondering beginning because the next restoration is ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"break-words ligatures-off prose-article-body-r print:leading-7\">Indeed, another famous Rubens altarpiece \u2013 \u201cAdoration of the Magi\u201d \u2013 is now being restored by the team, also in Studio Rubens, a special atelier set up in Rubens Hall. \u201cThat\u2019s really the climax of the project,\u201d said Bulckens. \u201cBecause \u2013 even though we are all big fans of \u2018Madonna Enthroned\u2019, certainly following the restoration \u2013 \u2018Adoration of the Magi\u2019 is really the museum\u2019s signature piece.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe worked for two years with an entire team,\u201d said Jill and Ellen Keppens, sisters who restored the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-120273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}