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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 of a painter. Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian
travels.
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 of a painter. Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian
travels.
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with a salary ot 400 ducats per annum: and we know that Rubens painted for him
a number of fine portraits, besides various other pictures. In the year 1601 he was
sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters. Whilst there he also ...
with a salary ot 400 ducats per annum: and we know that Rubens painted for him
a number of fine portraits, besides various other pictures. In the year 1601 he was
sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters. Whilst there he also ...
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Only a portion ot the gifts, which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan
horses, could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures
painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain.
Only a portion ot the gifts, which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan
horses, could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures
painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain.
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For the Jesuit-church (St. Ambrogio) at Genoa he painted — it is uncertain when
— two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and Sf. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and
restoring to life Dead Children. This latter, which is very large, is a splendid work.
For the Jesuit-church (St. Ambrogio) at Genoa he painted — it is uncertain when
— two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and Sf. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and
restoring to life Dead Children. This latter, which is very large, is a splendid work.
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... on his way to Spain, Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's "Battle of
Anghiari" and from the celebrated Ccna, both of which are preserved in the
Louvre. It is also probable that he painted in the same city, in order to rival
Leonardo, ...
... on his way to Spain, Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's "Battle of
Anghiari" and from the celebrated Ccna, both of which are preserved in the
Louvre. It is also probable that he painted in the same city, in order to rival
Leonardo, ...
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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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