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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
After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia, Ambassador of the
Duke of Savoy, he wrote a long letter to Gerbier, dated May 1627, in which proper
names are indicated by numbers only, and which he desires his correspondents
...
After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia, Ambassador of the
Duke of Savoy, he wrote a long letter to Gerbier, dated May 1627, in which proper
names are indicated by numbers only, and which he desires his correspondents
...
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
... to their respective natures and powers, and directed by passion rather than by
reason." In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace
, the whole matter seemed to collapse, and Gerbier was recalled to England.
... to their respective natures and powers, and directed by passion rather than by
reason." In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace
, the whole matter seemed to collapse, and Gerbier was recalled to England.
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 tapestries for ...
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 tapestries for ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens |
| 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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