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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During the first years of his married life the painter lived with his father in law : but in 1611 he took a house of his own , reconstructed at great expense by altering a large mansion that he had acquired in 1610 .
During the first years of his married life the painter lived with his father in law : but in 1611 he took a house of his own , reconstructed at great expense by altering a large mansion that he had acquired in 1610 .
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He had as a near neighbour David Teniers the younger , who lived an hour's journey from Steen at a country - seat , called Drij Toren ( three Towers ) . That our artist kept up friendly relations with his neighbour , who had in his ...
He had as a near neighbour David Teniers the younger , who lived an hour's journey from Steen at a country - seat , called Drij Toren ( three Towers ) . That our artist kept up friendly relations with his neighbour , who had in his ...
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I have a great affection for Cologne , where I lived until my 10th year , and I have often felt a desire to see it again after so many years . But I fear that the difficult times in which we are living and my work will interfere with ...
I have a great affection for Cologne , where I lived until my 10th year , and I have often felt a desire to see it again after so many years . But I fear that the difficult times in which we are living and my work will interfere with ...
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She lived until 1673 . The house , which Rubens had built with so much artistic taste and in which he had displayed so much splendour , was sold in 1669 by his grandson Philip . But its architectural appearence remained unchanged until ...
She lived until 1673 . The house , which Rubens had built with so much artistic taste and in which he had displayed so much splendour , was sold in 1669 by his grandson Philip . But its architectural appearence remained unchanged until ...
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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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