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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Hermann Knackfuss. MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTS EDITED , AND WRITTEN
JOINTLY WITH OTHER AUTHORS , BY H . KNACKFUSS IX . RUBENS
BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING 1904 RUBENS BY H .
KNACKFUSS ...
Hermann Knackfuss. MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTS EDITED , AND WRITTEN
JOINTLY WITH OTHER AUTHORS , BY H . KNACKFUSS IX . RUBENS
BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING 1904 RUBENS BY H .
KNACKFUSS ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial
Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J . Löwy , Vienna . Fig .
15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the.
Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial
Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J . Löwy , Vienna . Fig .
15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the.
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The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its
brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still
holds its own , beside more elaborate and ambitious works , published since on ...
The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its
brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still
holds its own , beside more elaborate and ambitious works , published since on ...
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PETER PAUL RUBENS . O n a fine old mansion in the Sternengasse at Cologne
, a marble slab u informs the stranger that here Peter Paul Rubens was born . But
neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour ...
PETER PAUL RUBENS . O n a fine old mansion in the Sternengasse at Cologne
, a marble slab u informs the stranger that here Peter Paul Rubens was born . But
neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour ...
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1 ) It was thus that the family of Rubens spelt their surname during their stay in
Germany , in order to bring it into accord with the native pronunciation . courtly
manners then preFig . 5 . DEMOSTHENES , from. that , what is there to be.
1 ) It was thus that the family of Rubens spelt their surname during their stay in
Germany , in order to bring it into accord with the native pronunciation . courtly
manners then preFig . 5 . DEMOSTHENES , from. that , what is there to be.
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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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