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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Fully recognizing the importance of a perfect rendering of this work , and in order
also to do justice to the author himself , I have been glad to obtain the assistance
of so distinguished a writer as Mr . Hobart Cust in the revision of the English ...
Fully recognizing the importance of a perfect rendering of this work , and in order
also to do justice to the author himself , I have been glad to obtain the assistance
of so distinguished a writer as Mr . Hobart Cust in the revision of the English ...
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He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke Auently no less than seven
languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English .
We know from Balthasar Moretus , a celebrated printer of the time , that Rubens
was ...
He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke Auently no less than seven
languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English .
We know from Balthasar Moretus , a celebrated printer of the time , that Rubens
was ...
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Owing to the construction of his Dutch as well as of his English residences ,
Carleton after all could only take Rubens ' smaller pictures , and there therefore
remained after the valuation a cashdifference between the parties .
Owing to the construction of his Dutch as well as of his English residences ,
Carleton after all could only take Rubens ' smaller pictures , and there therefore
remained after the valuation a cashdifference between the parties .
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... of the Holy Intercessors . Whilst Rubens was in negociation with the English
Ambassador at the Hague for the exchange of the antique marbles he , in
reference to Carleton ' s proposal to make up the difference in value with
Brussels 64.
... of the Holy Intercessors . Whilst Rubens was in negociation with the English
Ambassador at the Hague for the exchange of the antique marbles he , in
reference to Carleton ' s proposal to make up the difference in value with
Brussels 64.
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With reference to the pictures ordered by the Prince of Wales , he writes on the
13th of September 1621 to W . Trumbull , the English consul at Brussels , “ I
wished that the painting for the Gallery of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales were of
larger ...
With reference to the pictures ordered by the Prince of Wales , he writes on the
13th of September 1621 to W . Trumbull , the English consul at Brussels , “ I
wished that the painting for the Gallery of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales were of
larger ...
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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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