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 the
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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 the
...
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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
painted ...
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
painted ...
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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 distinguished and
...
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 distinguished and
...
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