RubensThis biography of Peter Paul Rubens, written by German art historian Hermann Knackfuss, is considered to be the most authoritative text on the artist since its publication. |
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The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he did not choose to be associated with any one else ” .
The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he did not choose to be associated with any one else ” .
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In 1776 the Empress Maria Theresa , through the medium of her ambassador , Prince Starkenberg , bought them for 14,000 florins , whereby this masterpiece came to Vienna and found a place of honour the following year in the Belvedere ...
In 1776 the Empress Maria Theresa , through the medium of her ambassador , Prince Starkenberg , bought them for 14,000 florins , whereby this masterpiece came to Vienna and found a place of honour the following year in the Belvedere ...
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This we learn from Rubens himself in his interesting correspondence with Sir Dudley Carleton , British Ambassador at the Hague . These letters dating from the year 1618 , a great number of which have been published , are invaluable for ...
This we learn from Rubens himself in his interesting correspondence with Sir Dudley Carleton , British Ambassador at the Hague . These letters dating from the year 1618 , a great number of which have been published , are invaluable for ...
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The Belgian ambassador , Baron von Wicq , of whom the artist painted an excellent portrait , now in the Louvre ( Fig . 67 ) , and the Abbé Claude Magis of St. Ambrose , acted as agents . It was probably for this latter gentleman that he ...
The Belgian ambassador , Baron von Wicq , of whom the artist painted an excellent portrait , now in the Louvre ( Fig . 67 ) , and the Abbé Claude Magis of St. Ambrose , acted as agents . It was probably for this latter gentleman that he ...
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There is a passage in a letter dated Oct. 13 , 1624 from the English Ambassador at Brussels , William Trumball , which shows that influential persons seemed to give great weight to the efforts exercised in that direction by so ...
There is a passage in a letter dated Oct. 13 , 1624 from the English Ambassador at Brussels , William Trumball , which shows that influential persons seemed to give great weight to the efforts exercised in that direction by so ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwaab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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