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At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor and desolate ... Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght , under whom however he studied but a ...
At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor and desolate ... Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght , under whom however he studied but a ...
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A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became . He produced some rather clever works in imitation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time .
A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became . He produced some rather clever works in imitation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time .
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This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and we may therefore conclude that it ... A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a painter .
This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and we may therefore conclude that it ... A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a painter .
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antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself .
antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself .
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The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he did not choose to be associated with any one else ” .
The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he did not choose to be associated with any one else ” .
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| 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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