RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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... 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 ! may that never be ! My soul is so ...
... 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 ! may that never be ! My soul is so ...
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... count had the right to avenge his brother's honour by passing upon him sentence of death . Both these princes , however , took into consideration the fact , VRABLAS Fig . 1. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER PETER PAUL RUBENS. ...
... count had the right to avenge his brother's honour by passing upon him sentence of death . Both these princes , however , took into consideration the fact , VRABLAS Fig . 1. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER PETER PAUL RUBENS. ...
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... 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 ! may that never be ! My soul is so ...
... 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 ! may that never be ! My soul is so ...
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... 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 her husband's liberty ...
... 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 her husband's liberty ...
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... mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had caused her such unhappiness . And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 ...
... mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had caused her such unhappiness . And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 ...
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