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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Page 102
It stands to reason that Rubens did not carry on these negotiations wholly on his own account , but that he acted at the instigation of the Infanta Isabella . It is certainly strange that this Princess should have confided such offices ...
It stands to reason that Rubens did not carry on these negotiations wholly on his own account , but that he acted at the instigation of the Infanta Isabella . It is certainly strange that this Princess should have confided such offices ...
Page 104
While Rubens was busy painting the Duke of Buckingham , he was at the same time negotiating with Gerbier and making proposals with the object of securing peace for his country . One passage from the report of these negotiations fully ...
While Rubens was busy painting the Duke of Buckingham , he was at the same time negotiating with Gerbier and making proposals with the object of securing peace for his country . One passage from the report of these negotiations fully ...
Page 108
In the autumn of 1625 , when the Duke of Buckingham in the name of Charles I. had come over to negotiate with the United Provinces of the Netherlands , he had seen in Antwerp Rubens ' splendid Collection of Art , and had expressed a ...
In the autumn of 1625 , when the Duke of Buckingham in the name of Charles I. had come over to negotiate with the United Provinces of the Netherlands , he had seen in Antwerp Rubens ' splendid Collection of Art , and had expressed a ...
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In Paris , on the contrary , he had been carrying on negotiations between the Sovereigns Fig . 91. Portrait Of ISABELLA Brant . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach ...
In Paris , on the contrary , he had been carrying on negotiations between the Sovereigns Fig . 91. Portrait Of ISABELLA Brant . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach ...
Page 114
... peace were recognised and rewarded by the Archduchess Isabella , who in 1628 appointed him her chamberlain : whilst Philip IV . summoned him to Madrid in the same year to report personally on these long and wearisome negotiations .
... peace were recognised and rewarded by the Archduchess Isabella , who in 1628 appointed him her chamberlain : whilst Philip IV . summoned him to Madrid in the same year to report personally on these long and wearisome negotiations .
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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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