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In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor, an office which he held for five years,
during the period of Revolution against the Spanish rule. Under the subsequent
Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba, when Counts Egmont and Horn ...
In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor, an office which he held for five years,
during the period of Revolution against the Spanish rule. Under the subsequent
Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba, when Counts Egmont and Horn ...
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3) at this early period. In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a
Black Veil, conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness. This painting,
if tradition is to be believed, represents his mother (Fig. 1) and we may therefore ...
3) at this early period. In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a
Black Veil, conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness. This painting,
if tradition is to be believed, represents his mother (Fig. 1) and we may therefore ...
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The figure of Abundance is of singular beauty, such as is not often met with in the
women of his later period (Fig. 13). He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa
Nuova, completing the altar-piece, which he had, as we have already seen, ...
The figure of Abundance is of singular beauty, such as is not often met with in the
women of his later period (Fig. 13). He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa
Nuova, completing the altar-piece, which he had, as we have already seen, ...
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as a time of apprenticeship, it was on returning to his own country that he really
discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he
achieved his immortal fame. An armistice of twelve years, concluded in 1609,
gave ...
as a time of apprenticeship, it was on returning to his own country that he really
discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he
achieved his immortal fame. An armistice of twelve years, concluded in 1609,
gave ...
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Two different representations of the Liberation of Andromeda , apparently painted
about the same period (1610 — 1615), rank among his happiest mythological
creations. One of these is in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg; in which against the
...
Two different representations of the Liberation of Andromeda , apparently painted
about the same period (1610 — 1615), rank among his happiest mythological
creations. One of these is in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg; in which against the
...
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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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