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 it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was ...
And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was ...
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It stands to reason that Rubens during his Fig . 10. PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . stay in Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 18. ) ...
It stands to reason that Rubens during his Fig . 10. PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . stay in Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 18. ) ...
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... and how little the natural dimensions of the respective figures to each other are observed : but it would show a want of artistic taste to find fault for this reason with an otherwise so admirably executed a painting .
... and how little the natural dimensions of the respective figures to each other are observed : but it would show a want of artistic taste to find fault for this reason with an otherwise so admirably executed a painting .
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It stands to reason that Rubens did not carry on these negotiations wholly on his own account , but that he acted at the instigation of the Infanta Isabella . It is certainly strange that this Princess should have confided such offices ...
It stands to reason that Rubens did not carry on these negotiations wholly on his own account , but that he acted at the instigation of the Infanta Isabella . It is certainly strange that this Princess should have confided such offices ...
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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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