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 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years ,
during the period of Revolution against the Spanish rule . Under the subsequent
Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba , when Counts Egmont and Horn ...
In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years ,
during the period of Revolution against the Spanish rule . Under the subsequent
Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba , when Counts Egmont and Horn ...
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Again it was his devoted wife who interceded for him , and again she had to
support her entreaties with a sacrifice of money . For the Count of Nassau
needed a large sum of money to help his brother in the war against the Spanish
SupreFig .
Again it was his devoted wife who interceded for him , and again she had to
support her entreaties with a sacrifice of money . For the Count of Nassau
needed a large sum of money to help his brother in the war against the Spanish
SupreFig .
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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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So complete was her collapse under the Spanish dominion that her population
had sunk from 85000 to 55 000 and grass grew in the streets in which carriages
or horsemen were never seen . Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the ...
So complete was her collapse under the Spanish dominion that her population
had sunk from 85000 to 55 000 and grass grew in the streets in which carriages
or horsemen were never seen . Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the ...
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Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of
Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed
Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta .
Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of
Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed
Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta .
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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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