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 fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still holds its own , beside more elaborate and ambitious works , published ...
The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still holds its own , beside more elaborate and ambitious works , published ...
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with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters .
with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters .
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After he had accomplished his mission to the King of Spain he was employed until the following autumn by the Duke of Lerma , of whom he painted an equestrian portrait , besides thirteen single figures : Christ and his Twelve Apostles .
After he had accomplished his mission to the King of Spain he was employed until the following autumn by the Duke of Lerma , of whom he painted an equestrian portrait , besides thirteen single figures : Christ and his Twelve Apostles .
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Besides other Italian masters , Giulio Romano , whose most important works are at Mantua , had a decided influence on Rubens . This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 1 ) . Nevertheless he understood how to ...
Besides other Italian masters , Giulio Romano , whose most important works are at Mantua , had a decided influence on Rubens . This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 1 ) . Nevertheless he understood how to ...
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He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to ...
He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to ...
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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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