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Cavagnole

Play an 18th century party game

In the 18th century, people from high society enjoyed playing party games. The Cavagnole lottery game reached the Moretus circle from the court of Versailles. Our archivist accidentally found the rules in the Plantin archive. Would you like to join in?

Reconstruction and testing the cavagnole game

After the transcription of the game rules, our archivist Kristof Selleslach also tested the game. And he suggested some improvements.

Cavagnole - game rules 2.0

The 18th century game rules in a contemporary guise

Are you tired of classic games after a few weeks of quarantine? Then play a game from the 18th century!

Museum Plantin-Moretus auf Google Arts & Culture

Entdecken Sie unsere Sammlungen und Geschichten online

Gute Nachrichten für Kunstfreunde. Das Museum Plantin-Moretus ist jetzt auch auf Google Arts & Culture zu finden. Entdecken Sie das Museum von zu Hause aus.

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Sketchbook young Rubens from the Plantin-Moretus Museum collection recognised as a masterpiece

30.04.2020 | The Flemish Government has placed no less than 194 drawings from the Prints room collection of the Plantin-Moretus Museum on the Masterpiece List. The best of the examples is a sketchbook with 43 drawings made by Peter Paul Rubens when he was 12-13 years old.

Entombment - Jacob Jordaens

in the expo Drawn to perfection

'The Entombment' is one of the earliest surviving drawings by Jacob Jordaens. For the composition, he looked to a work by the Venetian painter Titian.

Hercules and the Nemean lion - Peter Paul Rubens

in the expo Drawn to perfection

In this drawing we see Rubens's creative genius in action. In deze tekening zien we Rubens' creatieve genie volop in actie. He was inspired by existing models, but at the same time you see him searching for the ideal depiction of the wrestling match.