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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Hermann Knackfuss. PortraIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery
at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . In the Pinakothek.
Hermann Knackfuss. PortraIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery
at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . In the Pinakothek.
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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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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 .... 0 God !
may ...
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 .... 0 God !
may ...
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1 ) worse 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 ...
1 ) worse 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 ...
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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 ...
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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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