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... indeed , as he wrote to a friend of his , an engraver , he had to reject hundreds of pupils , amongst whom were even acquaintances of his own and his wife's . His nephew Philip has given us interesting accounts of his habits and his ...
... indeed , as he wrote to a friend of his , an engraver , he had to reject hundreds of pupils , amongst whom were even acquaintances of his own and his wife's . His nephew Philip has given us interesting accounts of his habits and his ...
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Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed ...
Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed ...
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... is the Battle of the Amazons ; the exact date of the execution of which work can be fixed by the circumstance that Rubens in 1622 wrote to a friend , that Lucas Vostermann had in hand for three years an engraving of this picture .
... is the Battle of the Amazons ; the exact date of the execution of which work can be fixed by the circumstance that Rubens in 1622 wrote to a friend , that Lucas Vostermann had in hand for three years an engraving of this picture .
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The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the ...
The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the ...
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After his departure from France and during the rupture between England and Spain , Rubens frequently wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by .
After his departure from France and during the rupture between England and Spain , Rubens frequently wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Added t.-p.: Monographs on artists ... IX 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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