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Dr. Klara Alen Research Curator Historic House & Garden, Rubenshuis, Musea Antwerpen in Antwerpen (Antwerp), Belgium

Information

Member of CODART since 2023

Areas of specialization

  • Rubens in private
  • Antwerp horticulture
  • Dutch and Flemish flower pieces (1600-1800)

Selected publications

2025

‘Chiseled with Confidence. The Mechelen Baroque Sculptor Maria Faydherbe (1587-after 1633)’
Klara Alen
Essay in Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750, edited by Virginia Treanor and Frederica van Dam, pp. 27-35.
Catalogue of an exhibition at Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
Veurne (Hannibal Books), 2025,

2024

Rubens’ Garden. A Masterpiece in bloom/ Rubens’ tuin. Een meesterwerk in bloei
Klara Alen
Veurne (Hannibal Books) 2024.

‘Dealing with Helena’
Klara Alen and Bert Watteeuw
Essay in Campaspe talks back: women who made a difference in early modern art, edited by Lieke van Deinsen, Bert Schepers, Marjan Sterckx and others, pp. 384-393.
Turnhout (Brepols) 2024

2020

Dutch and Flemish Flower Pieces. Paintings, Prints and Drawings up to the Nineteenth Century
Sam Segal and Klara Alen
Leiden (Brill) 2020

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