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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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 Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of ...
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 Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of ...
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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 . CA The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested.
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 . CA The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested.
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CA The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . From an engraving by. Portrait of an unknown man In the ...
CA The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . From an engraving by. Portrait of an unknown man In the ...
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The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age , - shows how famous the artist had then become .
The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age , - shows how famous the artist had then become .
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Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua : but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of ...
Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua : but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of ...
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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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