RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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... once more . He supported in 1578 this petition by renouncing a part of the sum which , as we have seen above , had been paid as his security , and on the proceeds of which his family had hitherto been quietly living . He also asked to ...
... once more . He supported in 1578 this petition by renouncing a part of the sum which , as we have seen above , had been paid as his security , and on the proceeds of which his family had hitherto been quietly living . He also asked to ...
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... 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 she had already been borne to her last resting - place . in the church of St. Michael . We are ...
... 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 she had already been borne to her last resting - place . in the church of St. Michael . We are ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 17 . 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 ...
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 17 . 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 ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. from doing this by gout . 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 ...
Hermann Knackfuss. from doing this by gout . 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 ...
Page 53
... 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 . The lion ...
... 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 . The lion ...
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