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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Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a free pardon from the Prince of Orange , who moreover was happily married once more . He supported in 1578 this petition by renouncing a part of the sum which , as we have ...
Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a free pardon from the Prince of Orange , who moreover was happily married once more . He supported in 1578 this petition by renouncing a part of the sum which , as we have ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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THID Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua : but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the ...
THID Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua : but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the ...
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Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for he possessed the gift of listening without diverting his attention from his work .
Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for he possessed the gift of listening without diverting his attention from his work .
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We are told that he once invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a magnificent lion , promising the man a handsome sum of money if he would make the beast yawn by tickling its jaw - bones , so that he might study its open mouth ...
We are told that he once invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a magnificent lion , promising the man a handsome sum of money if he would make the beast yawn by tickling its jaw - bones , so that he might study its open mouth ...
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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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