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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The words though of her Grace ” ( probably the mother of the Orange princes ) “
which I have conveyed to you in another letter , still give me hope . . . . I cannot
believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated . . . . O God ...
The words though of her Grace ” ( probably the mother of the Orange princes ) “
which I have conveyed to you in another letter , still give me hope . . . . I cannot
believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated . . . . O God ...
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1 ) The noble sentiments of the mother are reflected in the superior bearing and
noble mind , which later on distinguished the famous son . After the generous
woman had vainly tried for two years by personal and epistolary entreaties to
secure ...
1 ) The noble sentiments of the mother are reflected in the superior bearing and
noble mind , which later on distinguished the famous son . After the generous
woman had vainly tried for two years by personal and epistolary entreaties to
secure ...
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She makes no allusion to their sojourn at Siegen , and it can easily be
understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the
loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had
caused ...
She makes no allusion to their sojourn at Siegen , and it can easily be
understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the
loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had
caused ...
Page 13
This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and
we may therefore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . . A lengthy
stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education
...
This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and
we may therefore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . . A lengthy
stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education
...
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This painting he subsequently brought back to his own country and placed above
the grave of his mother . - Fig . 16 . THE ELEVATION OF THE Cross . Drawing in
black and red chalk on green paper , washed and hightened with white .
This painting he subsequently brought back to his own country and placed above
the grave of his mother . - Fig . 16 . THE ELEVATION OF THE Cross . Drawing in
black and red chalk on green paper , washed and hightened with white .
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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 | H. Grevel & Company, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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