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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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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He produced some rather clever works in imitation of the then prevalent
manneristic style of Italian art at that time . . In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was
admitted into the guild of St . Luke . We do not know however much about his
early work ...
He produced some rather clever works in imitation of the then prevalent
manneristic style of Italian art at that time . . In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was
admitted into the guild of St . Luke . We do not know however much about his
early work ...
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1 ) and we may therefore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . A
lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the
education of a painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian
travels ...
1 ) and we may therefore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . A
lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the
education of a painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian
travels ...
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It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work
when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d ' Este , now
in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden
...
It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work
when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d ' Este , now
in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden
...
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He was no doubt right in adding that it was the painter ' s wish also to stay on in
Italy . Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great
Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . We need
...
He was no doubt right in adding that it was the painter ' s wish also to stay on in
Italy . Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great
Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . We need
...
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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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