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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... 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 ...
Page 15
... back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the commissions of the
Archduke , but 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 .
... back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the commissions of the
Archduke , but 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 .
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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 ...
Page 22
The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to
send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age
, — shows how famous the artist had then become . Gonzaga replied , however ...
The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to
send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age
, — shows how famous the artist had then become . Gonzaga replied , however ...
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In the autumn of 1608 he received ' alarming accounts of the health of this
beloved parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and
travelled back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her
alive : for ...
In the autumn of 1608 he received ' alarming accounts of the health of this
beloved parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and
travelled back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her
alive : for ...
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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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