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He fashioned a sumptuous Palace in the late Renaissance style , which he further furnished with princely splendour ; and in the garden erected a richly adorned circular building to contain his own art - treasures and antique marbles .
He fashioned a sumptuous Palace in the late Renaissance style , which he further furnished with princely splendour ; and in the garden erected a richly adorned circular building to contain his own art - treasures and antique marbles .
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He was devoted to the painting of wild beasts , many varieties of which he could find at the Zoological Gardens at Antwerp and in private menageries . He often introduces the Bengal tiger with his splendid colouring into his paintings ...
He was devoted to the painting of wild beasts , many varieties of which he could find at the Zoological Gardens at Antwerp and in private menageries . He often introduces the Bengal tiger with his splendid colouring into his paintings ...
Page 58
... year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures ; “ since everyone is more liberal with the fruit of his garden , than with the fruit which he has to.
... year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures ; “ since everyone is more liberal with the fruit of his garden , than with the fruit which he has to.
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garden , than with the fruit which he has to buy in the market ” . In the same connection he uses the words : “ I am not a prince ; but a man , who lives by the labour of his own hands . " In his answer , the polite courtier referred to ...
garden , than with the fruit which he has to buy in the market ” . In the same connection he uses the words : “ I am not a prince ; but a man , who lives by the labour of his own hands . " In his answer , the polite courtier referred to ...
Page 104
The restless life of a diplomat seems to have been at this period particularly congenial to him ; for an event had recently happened , which , for a time , Fig . 85. PORTRAIT OF A LADY OF THE BOONEN 104 The Garden of Love, In the nn,
The restless life of a diplomat seems to have been at this period particularly congenial to him ; for an event had recently happened , which , for a time , Fig . 85. PORTRAIT OF A LADY OF THE BOONEN 104 The Garden of Love, In the nn,
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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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