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 56
... Carleton . Without having even seen them Rubens desired to acquire them , because , as he himself said , he was " mad on antiques " . Sir Dudley Carleton proposed to exchange his marbles for paintings by the master himself . This ...
... Carleton . Without having even seen them Rubens desired to acquire them , because , as he himself said , he was " mad on antiques " . Sir Dudley Carleton proposed to exchange his marbles for paintings by the master himself . This ...
Page 58
... Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed ...
... Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed ...
Page 59
... Carleton ; namely that Rubens was most anxious to satisfy the buyer by giving him the choice of a great variety of subjects . Eventually they both Fig . 49. THE CONVERSION OF ST . PAUL . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph ...
... Carleton ; namely that Rubens was most anxious to satisfy the buyer by giving him the choice of a great variety of subjects . Eventually they both Fig . 49. THE CONVERSION OF ST . PAUL . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph ...
Page 60
Hermann Knackfuss. seem to have been exceedingly pleased with the transaction . Carleton was delighted with the pictures he acquired and Rubens was more than happy with the antique marbles he received in exchange . After a photograph ...
Hermann Knackfuss. seem to have been exceedingly pleased with the transaction . Carleton was delighted with the pictures he acquired and Rubens was more than happy with the antique marbles he received in exchange . After a photograph ...
Page 64
... Carleton , stated of a similar picture of fishermen , that it was " painted from life " . The subject of this latter ... Carleton's proposal to make up the difference in value with Brussels 64.
... Carleton , stated of a similar picture of fishermen , that it was " painted from life " . The subject of this latter ... Carleton's proposal to make up the difference in value with Brussels 64.
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