Barefaced cheek: Rubens nudes fall foul of Facebook censors

Flanders tourist board chides firm for removing ads featuring the Flemish master's works

Rubens nudes have entranced those visiting the world's great art galleries for some 400 years. Contemporaries on whom the Flemish master is said to have had a profound impact include Van Dyck and Rembrandt " but none of this has passed muster with Facebook's censors.

In a move that has prompted a semi-playful complaint to the company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, it has taken down a series of promotions on social media for the Belgian region of Flanders because they feature works by the artist famous for his Baroque paintings of voluptuous women and cherubs.