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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Under the subsequent Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba , when
Counts Egmont and Horn suffered on the scaffold for their patriotism , Johann
Rubens , suspected of leanings towards the Protestant Heresy , thought it wise to
leave ...
Under the subsequent Governorship of the tyrannical Duke of Alba , when
Counts Egmont and Horn suffered on the scaffold for their patriotism , Johann
Rubens , suspected of leanings towards the Protestant Heresy , thought it wise to
leave ...
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... whose family had inherited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse ,
Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant
and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS . II.
... whose family had inherited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse ,
Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant
and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS . II.
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... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris ...
... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris ...
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... also those of the Duke of Mantua . It stands to reason that Rubens during his
Fig . 10 . Portrait Of A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . Stay in
Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich
.
... also those of the Duke of Mantua . It stands to reason that Rubens during his
Fig . 10 . Portrait Of A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . Stay in
Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich
.
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In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered
the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip
III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine ...
In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered
the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip
III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine ...
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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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