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... that this volume on "Rubens" which in spite of its brevity, has gone through
seven editions in Germany, in less than ten years still holds its own, beside more
elaborate and ambitious works, published since on this great Flemish master.
... that this volume on "Rubens" which in spite of its brevity, has gone through
seven editions in Germany, in less than ten years still holds its own, beside more
elaborate and ambitious works, published since on this great Flemish master.
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But neither Cologne nor her rival, Antwerp, can support their claim to the honour
of having given birth to the Flemish artist-prince. Incontestible facts now prove
that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia. The ancestors
of ...
But neither Cologne nor her rival, Antwerp, can support their claim to the honour
of having given birth to the Flemish artist-prince. Incontestible facts now prove
that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia. The ancestors
of ...
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He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than seven
languages: Flemish, German , Latin , Spanish, French, Italian, and English. We
know from Balthasar Mo- retus, a celebrated printer of the time, that Rubens was
...
He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than seven
languages: Flemish, German , Latin , Spanish, French, Italian, and English. We
know from Balthasar Mo- retus, a celebrated printer of the time, that Rubens was
...
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... of whose talent wecan now form no judgement whatever, since no picture now
extant can with any certainty be attributed to him. For another four years Rubens
studied with van Veen, at that time regarded as "the Prince of Flemish Painting".
... of whose talent wecan now form no judgement whatever, since no picture now
extant can with any certainty be attributed to him. For another four years Rubens
studied with van Veen, at that time regarded as "the Prince of Flemish Painting".
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For his works are not merely copies, but rather faithful translations into his own
language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may
even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty.
For his works are not merely copies, but rather faithful translations into his own
language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may
even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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