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 ...
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 ...
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... had in- herited 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 . In. ( To page 16. ) ...
... had in- herited 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 . In. ( To page 16. ) ...
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... Vincenzo Gonzaga , then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
... Vincenzo Gonzaga , then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
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From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the com- missions of the Arch- duke , but also those of the Duke of Mantua . It stands to reason that Rubens during his stay in Rome studied ...
From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the com- missions of the Arch- duke , but also those of the Duke of Mantua . It stands to reason that Rubens during his stay in Rome studied ...
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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 .
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 .
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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 | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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