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with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters .
with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters .
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14 ) : whilst another charming portrait of Isabella Brant , whose features henceforth can often be traced in various pictures by the artist , is to be found in the Uffizi Gallery at ...
14 ) : whilst another charming portrait of Isabella Brant , whose features henceforth can often be traced in various pictures by the artist , is to be found in the Uffizi Gallery at ...
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Three years later the paintings , representing various scenes from her life , - with the exception of two finished in Antwerp - executed by the master with the ...
Three years later the paintings , representing various scenes from her life , - with the exception of two finished in Antwerp - executed by the master with the ...
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These are now dispersed in various English collections . The chief commission , however , which Charles gave the painter was the decoration of the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall at Whitehall , representing the Apotheosis of James I.
These are now dispersed in various English collections . The chief commission , however , which Charles gave the painter was the decoration of the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall at Whitehall , representing the Apotheosis of James I.
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During his absence from home and under the ever - changing impressions made upon him by the various countries he visited ; under the pressure of diplomatic duties , and among the multifarious occupations of his life at various courts ...
During his absence from home and under the ever - changing impressions made upon him by the various countries he visited ; under the pressure of diplomatic duties , and among the multifarious occupations of his life at various courts ...
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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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