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
... painted before he went to Italy . A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian travels . He first went to Venice where ...
... painted before he went to Italy . A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian travels . He first went to Venice where ...
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... painted for him a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke ...
... painted for him a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke ...
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... painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain . The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who ...
... painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain . The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who ...
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... painted - it is uncertain when - two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ...
... painted - it is uncertain when - two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ...
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... in the Louvre . It is also probable that he painted in the same city , in order to rival Leonardo , the Lord's Supper which is now in the Brera Collection . The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the. 20.
... in the Louvre . It is also probable that he painted in the same city , in order to rival Leonardo , the Lord's Supper which is now in the Brera Collection . The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the. 20.
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