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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In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years , during the period of Revolution against the Spanish rule . Under the subsequent Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba , when Counts Egmont and Horn ...
In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years , during the period of Revolution against the Spanish rule . Under the subsequent Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba , when Counts Egmont and Horn ...
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3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
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Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention must be made of a very fine St. Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica of which is at Dresden .
Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention must be made of a very fine St. Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica of which is at Dresden .
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as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he achieved his immortal fame . An armistice of twelve years , concluded in ...
as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he achieved his immortal fame . An armistice of twelve years , concluded in ...
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Two different representations of the Liberation of Andromeda , apparently painted about the same period ( 1610--1615 ) , rank among his happiest mythological creations . One of these is in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg ; in which ...
Two different representations of the Liberation of Andromeda , apparently painted about the same period ( 1610--1615 ) , rank among his happiest mythological creations . One of these is in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg ; in which ...
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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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