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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3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a
Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This
painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and we
may ...
3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a
Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This
painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and we
may ...
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Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention
must be made of a very fine St . Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an
Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica ot which is at
Dresden .
Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention
must be made of a very fine St . Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an
Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica ot which is at
Dresden .
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as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really
discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he
achieved his immortal fame . An armistice of twelve years , concluded in 1609 ,
gave ...
as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really
discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he
achieved his immortal fame . An armistice of twelve years , concluded in 1609 ,
gave ...
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Two different representations of the Liberation of Andromeda , apparently painted
about the same period ( 1610 - - 1615 ) , rank among his happiest mythological
creations . One of these is in the Hermitage at St . Petersburg ; in which against ...
Two different representations of the Liberation of Andromeda , apparently painted
about the same period ( 1610 - - 1615 ) , rank among his happiest mythological
creations . One of these is in the Hermitage at St . Petersburg ; in which against ...
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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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