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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... I have been glad to obtain the assistance of so distinguished a writer as Mr. Hobart Cust in the revision of the English phraseology , so that , while retaining the meaning of the German original in its integrity , the differences ...
... I have been glad to obtain the assistance of so distinguished a writer as Mr. Hobart Cust in the revision of the English phraseology , so that , while retaining the meaning of the German original in its integrity , the differences ...
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He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than seven languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English . We know from Balthasar Moretus , a celebrated printer of the time , that Rubens ...
He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than seven languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English . We know from Balthasar Moretus , a celebrated printer of the time , that Rubens ...
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Owing to the construction of his Dutch as well as of his English residences , Carleton after all could only take Rubens ' smaller pictures , and there therefore remained after the valuation a cashdifference between the parties .
Owing to the construction of his Dutch as well as of his English residences , Carleton after all could only take Rubens ' smaller pictures , and there therefore remained after the valuation a cashdifference between the parties .
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Whilst Rubens was in negociation with the English Ambassador at the Hague for the exchange of the antique marbles he , in reference to Carleton's proposal to make up the difference in value with Brussels 64.
Whilst Rubens was in negociation with the English Ambassador at the Hague for the exchange of the antique marbles he , in reference to Carleton's proposal to make up the difference in value with Brussels 64.
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With reference to the pictures ordered by the Prince of Wales , he writes on the 13th of September 1621 to W. Trumbull , the English consul at Brussels , “ I wished that the painting for the Gallery of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales were ...
With reference to the pictures ordered by the Prince of Wales , he writes on the 13th of September 1621 to W. Trumbull , the English consul at Brussels , “ I wished that the painting for the Gallery of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales were ...
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