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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... Returning to his native country , on the 29th November 1561 he married a merchant's daughter named Maria Pypelincks . In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years , during the period of Revolution ...
... Returning to his native country , on the 29th November 1561 he married a merchant's daughter named Maria Pypelincks . In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years , during the period of Revolution ...
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... returned to Mantua , where his chief work during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit - Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism and Transfiguration of Christ ...
... returned to Mantua , where his chief work during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit - Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism and Transfiguration of Christ ...
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... returning to his own country that he really discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he achieved his immortal fame . An armistice of twelve years , concluded in 1609 , gave peace at length . to the ...
... returning to his own country that he really discovered his talent and entered upon that period of his life during which he achieved his immortal fame . An armistice of twelve years , concluded in 1609 , gave peace at length . to the ...
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... habits and his daily life . He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o'clock , and went every morning to hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from doing this by gout . Returning from church he 38.
... habits and his daily life . He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o'clock , and went every morning to hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from doing this by gout . Returning from church he 38.
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Hermann Knackfuss. from doing this by gout . Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for he possessed the gift of listening without ...
Hermann Knackfuss. from doing this by gout . Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for he possessed the gift of listening without ...
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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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