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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 17
Page 5
His grand - father was a dispensing chemist , who also owned a grocer's shop ; but his father was educated to a learned profession . Johann Rubens was born in 1530 , studied law at Louvain and Padua , and took the degree of Doctor of ...
His grand - father was a dispensing chemist , who also owned a grocer's shop ; but his father was educated to a learned profession . Johann Rubens was born in 1530 , studied law at Louvain and Padua , and took the degree of Doctor of ...
Page 11
... since no picture now extant can with any certainty be attributed to him . For another four years Rubens studied with van Veen , at that time regarded as " the Prince of Flemish Painting " . This very learned and distinguished man ...
... since no picture now extant can with any certainty be attributed to him . For another four years Rubens studied with van Veen , at that time regarded as " the Prince of Flemish Painting " . This very learned and distinguished man ...
Page 39
The evenings were devoted to his friends ; for he kept an open and hospitable house and specially enjoyed intercourse with learned men . According to one of his biographers his house was regulated with the strictness almost of a convent ...
The evenings were devoted to his friends ; for he kept an open and hospitable house and specially enjoyed intercourse with learned men . According to one of his biographers his house was regulated with the strictness almost of a convent ...
Page 50
His powerful influence acted , not only on young art - students desirous of learning from him , but also on contemporary workers : and even on his former teachers . He often worked on the same canvas with other painters , with whom he ...
His powerful influence acted , not only on young art - students desirous of learning from him , but also on contemporary workers : and even on his former teachers . He often worked on the same canvas with other painters , with whom he ...
Page 56
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 ...
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 ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according adorned altar altar-piece Ambassador Antwerp appears artist beautiful beside Brussels charm Christ Church Clément Clément & Co Collection Cologne colour commission completed composition Court Cross daughter death decoration designed desired display Dornach Drawing Duke effect England English engraving entirely executed expression figures France Franz Hanfstäng Gallery Gerbier give hand head Hermitage Imperial Infant intended Isabella Italy King known ladies landscape later learned letter light lived Louvre Madrid Maria master Medici Museum nature original by Braun original by Franz painted painter Paris and New-York Paul peace perhaps period Peter Petersburg Philip photograph picture Pinakothek at Munich portrait possesses powerful present Prince probably pupils Queen reason received representing Rubens Saint scenes seems shows sketch Spain Spanish town whilst whole wife wish wrote young
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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |