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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Their circumstances soon began to improve , when suddenly , in the autumn of
the year 1582 , he received a peremptory order to return to Siegen and go back
to prison . Again it was his devoted wife who interceded for him , and again she ...
Their circumstances soon began to improve , when suddenly , in the autumn of
the year 1582 , he received a peremptory order to return to Siegen and go back
to prison . Again it was his devoted wife who interceded for him , and again she ...
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It was there that her son Peter Paul received his scientific education in the so -
called " Pfaffenschule " . He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke
fluently no less than seven languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish ,
French ...
It was there that her son Peter Paul received his scientific education in the so -
called " Pfaffenschule " . He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke
fluently no less than seven languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish ,
French ...
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Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke
Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain ,
had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of
the ...
Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke
Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain ,
had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of
the ...
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In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
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20 . THE DESCENT FROM THE Cross . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After
a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 37. ) Rubens received his first important commission from
...
20 . THE DESCENT FROM THE Cross . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After
a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 37. ) Rubens received his first important commission from
...
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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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