RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 13
... Mantua during that same year . Among all the numerous art - loving princes of his time , Vincenzo Gonzaga , then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a ...
... Mantua during that same year . Among all the numerous art - loving princes of his time , Vincenzo Gonzaga , then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a ...
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... 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 antique art as well as the works of the great Fig . 10 ...
... 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 antique art as well as the works of the great Fig . 10 ...
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... 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 weather , for it rained ...
... 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 weather , for it rained ...
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... Mantua , had a decided influence on Rubens . This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 11 ) . Nevertheless he understood how to assimilate all these impressions and in- fluences and work them up independantly ...
... Mantua , had a decided influence on Rubens . This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 11 ) . Nevertheless he understood how to assimilate all these impressions and in- fluences and work them up independantly ...
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... 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 told that the disconsolate son ...
... 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 told that the disconsolate son ...
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