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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... 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 this great Flemish
master .
... 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 this great Flemish
master .
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Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght ,
under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked
in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries ...
Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght ,
under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked
in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries ...
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He first went to Venice where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt
specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose
acquaintance he made in Venice he was invited to the court of Mantua during
that ...
He first went to Venice where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt
specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose
acquaintance he made in Venice he was invited to the court of Mantua during
that ...
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In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters
. Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke
Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain ,
had ...
In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters
. Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke
Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain ,
had ...
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antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the Renaissance , and he
had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of
Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself .
antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the Renaissance , and he
had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of
Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself .
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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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