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The Print Cabinet

The Print Cabinet of the Museum Plantin-Moretus has more than 20,000 drawings. This rich collection is among the finest in the world, and focuses on Antwerp artists from 1500 to the present.

The Print Cabinet

The Print Cabinet of the Museum Plantin-Moretus has more than 20,000 drawings. This rich collection is among the finest in the world, and focuses on Antwerp artists from 1500 to the present.

Portrait, Sam Dillemans

Sam Dillemans is an enormously versatile artist. Between 1993 and 2000, he perfected the art of the female portrait.

Studies for Beekeepers, Jan Fabre

Work by Jan Fabre can also be found in the Print Cabinet. This drawing is part of a series from 1994, four of which are owned by the Print Cabinet. The theme of the beekeeper often appears in Fabre’s work.

Breakfast, Rik Wouters

His wife Nel was a lifelong muse to Rik Wouters. Here, he draws her at the breakfast table.

Submarine, Panamarenko

As well as creating poetical installations, Panamarenko also makes prints of his structures. This print is a study of the submarine Panama, in which Panamarenko planned to sail to Nova Zembla.

Christ's entry into Brussels

This etching is inspired by the famous painting by James Ensor (1860-1949) with the same title from 1888.

Me voilà

Adriaan Raemdonck of Antwerp’s Gallerie De Zwarte Panter donated 23 copperplate engravings to the Print Cabinet in 2003. They were all by artist Jan Cox, and included 'Me voilà'. The etching 'Me voilà, Boston' was printed from this engraving in 1963.

Antverpia, Joris Hoefnagel

Joris Hoefnagel drew a beautifully detailed map of the city of Antwerp and the citadel, showing the city from a bird’s eye perspective. The cityscape and the main landmarks can be spotted on it. The print was published in the book Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published in the period from 1572 to 1616.

Théâtre d’Anvers, Antoine Dewasme-Plettinckx

Antoine Dewasme-Plettinckx was a well-known Brussels lithographer from the first half of the 19th century. Here he shows the Bourla Theatre in its early years, when it was still called the ‘Théâtre Royal Français’.

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