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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... on three occasions , while the work was proceeding , 9 florins , 10 stübers were
spent on wine for the master ' s pupils : and that , after the completion of the
picture , 8 florins 10 stübers were paid for a pair of gloves as a present for his wife
.
... on three occasions , while the work was proceeding , 9 florins , 10 stübers were
spent on wine for the master ' s pupils : and that , after the completion of the
picture , 8 florins 10 stübers were paid for a pair of gloves as a present for his wife
.
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He reckoned about 100 florins a day for ... Moretus states that Rubens makes
designs for titlepages only in his leisure moments : so that if a drawing for such
purpose was required of him on a workingday his price for it was 100 florins .
He reckoned about 100 florins a day for ... Moretus states that Rubens makes
designs for titlepages only in his leisure moments : so that if a drawing for such
purpose was required of him on a workingday his price for it was 100 florins .
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9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other pictures are enumerated with the same
accuracy : a Leda with the Swan , attended by a Cupid ; a life - size Christ on the
Cross , of which the artist says , that it was " perhaps the best picture he had ever
...
9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other pictures are enumerated with the same
accuracy : a Leda with the Swan , attended by a Cupid ; a life - size Christ on the
Cross , of which the artist says , that it was " perhaps the best picture he had ever
...
Page 58
... was however mutually arranged that Rubens should pay in addition 4000
florins for the antique works and 2000 florins worth of Brussel tapestry . Carleton
was particularly anxious that the artist himself should chose the latter , wich were
to ...
... was however mutually arranged that Rubens should pay in addition 4000
florins for the antique works and 2000 florins worth of Brussel tapestry . Carleton
was particularly anxious that the artist himself should chose the latter , wich were
to ...
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Cardinal Richelieu offered 10 , 000 florins for these works alone , but the
parishionors firmly declined his offer . Another painting , of a different type , but
not less admirable is the one belonging to the Liebfrauenkirche at Malines .
Cardinal Richelieu offered 10 , 000 florins for these works alone , but the
parishionors firmly declined his offer . Another painting , of a different type , but
not less admirable is the one belonging to the Liebfrauenkirche at Malines .
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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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