weitere InformationIn 1850 he began to work at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), where he started as an auxiliary employee and worked his way up to the curator postion, achieved in 1873. From 1873 to 1890 he was in charge of the Library's manuscript collection. He was a prolific journalist and writer, and he inserted himself in the debate concerning the beginning of the history of engraving. He mostly studied and wrote about the Flemish masters of the 16th-17th century, particularly about Rubens. In collaboration with Louis Alvin, he worked on the creation of the «Bibliographie de Belgique». After he passed, the Ruelens collection was auctioned in Brussels in 1891 by Bluff.
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Ruelens, Charles Louis
Besitzer Id00030078
EntitätstypPerson
GeschlechtMännlich
Biographische Angaben1820-1890
weitere InformationIn 1850 he began to work at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), where he started as an auxiliary employee and worked his way up to the curator postion, achieved in 1873. From 1873 to 1890 he was in charge of the Library's manuscript collection. He was a prolific journalist and writer, and he inserted himself in the debate concerning the beginning of the history of engraving. He mostly studied and wrote about the Flemish masters of the 16th-17th century, particularly about Rubens. In collaboration with Louis Alvin, he worked on the creation of the «Bibliographie de Belgique». After he passed, the Ruelens collection was auctioned in Brussels in 1891 by Bluff.