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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... and on the proceeds of which his family had hitherto been quietly living . He
also asked to be allowed to live in a town nearer his own country , ' so that he
might be enabled to make a respectable living for his wife and children . His
request ...
... and on the proceeds of which his family had hitherto been quietly living . He
also asked to be allowed to live in a town nearer his own country , ' so that he
might be enabled to make a respectable living for his wife and children . His
request ...
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During the first years of his married life the painter lived with his father in law : but
in 161 he took a house of his own , reconstructed at great expense by altering a
large mansion that he had acquired in 1610 . He fashioned a sumptuous Palace
...
During the first years of his married life the painter lived with his father in law : but
in 161 he took a house of his own , reconstructed at great expense by altering a
large mansion that he had acquired in 1610 . He fashioned a sumptuous Palace
...
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... is from that stand - point that we must examine this picture . From that point of
view also the kneeling Saint , nude , and no longer able to control his wasted
limbs , who supported by two fellow monks and living only to receive the Last
Offices ...
... is from that stand - point that we must examine this picture . From that point of
view also the kneeling Saint , nude , and no longer able to control his wasted
limbs , who supported by two fellow monks and living only to receive the Last
Offices ...
Page 142
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 early days
...
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 early days
...
Page 150
I have a great affection for Cologne , where I lived until my 10th year , and I have
often telt 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 the accomplishment of
...
I have a great affection for Cologne , where I lived until my 10th year , and I have
often telt 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 the accomplishment of
...
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