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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Page 104
There was in his suite a certain Gerbier , his confidant , by profession a painter ;
but who , in the service of the Duke , had developed into a clever diplomatic
agent . No sooner had Buckingham made the acquaintance of the muchcourted
Dutch ...
There was in his suite a certain Gerbier , his confidant , by profession a painter ;
but who , in the service of the Duke , had developed into a clever diplomatic
agent . No sooner had Buckingham made the acquaintance of the muchcourted
Dutch ...
Page 109
a long letter to Gerbier , dated May 1627 , in which proper names are indicated
by numbers only , and which he desires his correspondents to show to
Buckingham alone and then to burn immediately . Therein he writes that he
hopes great ...
a long letter to Gerbier , dated May 1627 , in which proper names are indicated
by numbers only , and which he desires his correspondents to show to
Buckingham alone and then to burn immediately . Therein he writes that he
hopes great ...
Page 110
Gerbier came over immediately with Carleton to the Hague : and before May ,
Rubens received a passport enabling him to travel without any hindrance to
Holland , accompanied by a train of servants and baggage , with the alleged
object of ...
Gerbier came over immediately with Carleton to the Hague : and before May ,
Rubens received a passport enabling him to travel without any hindrance to
Holland , accompanied by a train of servants and baggage , with the alleged
object of ...
Page 112
... together contrary to their respecti natures and powers , and directed by passion
rather than by reason . “ spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring
about Pea the whole matter seemed to collapse , and Gerbier was recalled to ...
... together contrary to their respecti natures and powers , and directed by passion
rather than by reason . “ spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring
about Pea the whole matter seemed to collapse , and Gerbier was recalled to ...
Page 132
On the part of his opponents the lowest means were employed to throw suspicion
on the artist , although in Gerbier ' s words , he was “ not at all a suitable object for
calumny " : and they even asserted that he had painted some ...
On the part of his opponents the lowest means were employed to throw suspicion
on the artist , although in Gerbier ' s words , he was “ not at all a suitable object for
calumny " : and they even asserted that he had painted some ...
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