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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How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great distress and tribulation . On
the contrary I feel as if I could even give my own hearts - blood to help you .
Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his
own debt ...
How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great distress and tribulation . On
the contrary I feel as if I could even give my own hearts - blood to help you .
Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his
own debt ...
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I hope and trust in God , that he may punish us more leniently , and that he may
still give us both joy after all this grief . For this I beseech him from the bottom of
my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may strengthen and
comfort ...
I hope and trust in God , that he may punish us more leniently , and that he may
still give us both joy after all this grief . For this I beseech him from the bottom of
my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may strengthen and
comfort ...
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
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... for he thoroughly understood how to represent splendour and magnificence ,
though at the same time his genius never allowed itself to be lost in confused
exaggeration . Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig .
62 .
... for he thoroughly understood how to represent splendour and magnificence ,
though at the same time his genius never allowed itself to be lost in confused
exaggeration . Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig .
62 .
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... the English consul at Brussels , “ I wished that the painting for the Gallery of H .
R . H . the Prince of Wales were of larger dimensions , because it would give me
much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy .
... the English consul at Brussels , “ I wished that the painting for the Gallery of H .
R . H . the Prince of Wales were of larger dimensions , because it would give me
much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy .
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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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