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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... Paris and New - York . ( To page 18 . ) they were brought to England , only to
be sold. 14.
... Paris and New - York . ( To page 18 . ) they were brought to England , only to
be sold. 14.
Page 15
they were brought to England , only to be sold again the following year , since
when they have disappeared . A few years ago there was a rumour that they had
been rediscovered in the South of France . Rubens must have already
possessed ...
they were brought to England , only to be sold again the following year , since
when they have disappeared . A few years ago there was a rumour that they had
been rediscovered in the South of France . Rubens must have already
possessed ...
Page 104
After his departure from France and during the rupture between England and
Spain , Rubens frequently wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances
and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by .
After his departure from France and during the rupture between England and
Spain , Rubens frequently wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances
and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by .
Page 108
Thus in 1627 the greater , part of Rubens ' Collection Fig . 87 . PortrAIT OF A
LEVANTINE . In the Cassel Gallery . came to England : but , After a photograph
from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . when in 1649 Bucking( To page
97 ...
Thus in 1627 the greater , part of Rubens ' Collection Fig . 87 . PortrAIT OF A
LEVANTINE . In the Cassel Gallery . came to England : but , After a photograph
from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . when in 1649 Bucking( To page
97 ...
Page 109
He had very much at heart the completion of that “ beautiful masterwork ” as he
described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and
England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ,
Ambassador ...
He had very much at heart the completion of that “ beautiful masterwork ” as he
described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and
England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ,
Ambassador ...
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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