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 the revision of the English phraseology , so that , while retaining the meaning of the German original in its integrity , the differences in the two languages might be adequately overcome . LOUISE M. RICHTER . PETER PAUL RUBENS .
... in the revision of the English phraseology , so that , while retaining the meaning of the German original in its integrity , the differences in the two languages might be adequately overcome . LOUISE M. RICHTER . PETER PAUL RUBENS .
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PETER PAUL RUBENS . O in was n a fine old mansion in the Sternengasse at Cologne , a marble slab But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince .
PETER PAUL RUBENS . O in was n a fine old mansion in the Sternengasse at Cologne , a marble slab But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince .
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I cannot believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated . ... O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that Fig . 2 . THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL .
I cannot believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated . ... O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that Fig . 2 . THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL .
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THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering .
THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering .
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... where he made a name for himself ; whilst the other , who first saw the light on the 29th of June 1577 , on account of the date of his birth , received at the font the names of the two great Apostles : Peter and Paul .
... where he made a name for himself ; whilst the other , who first saw the light on the 29th of June 1577 , on account of the date of his birth , received at the font the names of the two great Apostles : Peter and Paul .
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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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