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Two letters of sympathy and consolation have come down to us, addressed by
her to her imprisoned husband, bearing witness to her high-minded generosity: “I
am more than glad,” she writes to him, “that, touched by my forgiveness, you ...
Two letters of sympathy and consolation have come down to us, addressed by
her to her imprisoned husband, bearing witness to her high-minded generosity: “I
am more than glad,” she writes to him, “that, touched by my forgiveness, you ...
Page 8
The end of the letter runs thus: “Now I recommend you to the Lord, for I can write
no more, and I beg of you, not to anticipate the worst; for that will any-' Fig. 3.
PortRAIT of A YouNG MAN. In the Pinakothek at Munich. how COme SOOn
enough.
The end of the letter runs thus: “Now I recommend you to the Lord, for I can write
no more, and I beg of you, not to anticipate the worst; for that will any-' Fig. 3.
PortRAIT of A YouNG MAN. In the Pinakothek at Munich. how COme SOOn
enough.
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These letters dating from the year 1618, a great number of which have been
published, are invaluable for the comprehension of his character and his inner
life. Through them we are enabled to admire his extensive knowledge, his
clearness of ...
These letters dating from the year 1618, a great number of which have been
published, are invaluable for the comprehension of his character and his inner
life. Through them we are enabled to admire his extensive knowledge, his
clearness of ...
Page 58
Rubens mentions in the letter, in which he consents to this proposition that he
had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently
would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures; “since everyone is more
...
Rubens mentions in the letter, in which he consents to this proposition that he
had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently
would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures; “since everyone is more
...
Page 91
There still exists a letter from him, addressed to Paris. It is without date, so that we
do not know whether it refers to his first visit there, or to a second, which he
undertook in order to finish the paintings: or perhaps to a subsequent stay in the ...
There still exists a letter from him, addressed to Paris. It is without date, so that we
do not know whether it refers to his first visit there, or to a second, which he
undertook in order to finish the paintings: or perhaps to a subsequent stay in the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens 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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