In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist’s Belgian hometown, the studio had to be taken to the painting. In the largest room of Antwerp’s Royal Fine Arts Museum ...

In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist’s Belgian hometown, the studio had to be taken to the painting. In the largest room of Antwerp’s Royal Fine Arts Museum ...

1525), in which the artist applies coloured chalks and watercolour to add verisimilitude to a monochrome image. Rubens’s A Peasant Girl Churning Butter (c.1617-19), meanwhile, captures a dignity ...