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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This we learn from Rubens himself in his interesting correspondence with Sir
Dudley Carleton , British Ambassador at the Hague . These letters dating from the
year 1618 , a great number of which have been published , are invaluable for the
...
This we learn from Rubens himself in his interesting correspondence with Sir
Dudley Carleton , British Ambassador at the Hague . These letters dating from the
year 1618 , a great number of which have been published , are invaluable for the
...
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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 on
this side ...
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 on
this side ...
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Another circumstance worth mentioning , since it is so characteristic of the artist ,
we also learn from this correspondence with Sir Dudley Carleton ; namely that
Rubens was most anxious to satisfy the buyer by giving him the choice of a great
...
Another circumstance worth mentioning , since it is so characteristic of the artist ,
we also learn from this correspondence with Sir Dudley Carleton ; namely that
Rubens was most anxious to satisfy the buyer by giving him the choice of a great
...
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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 from the
original by ...
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 from the
original by ...
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This is a most impressively realistic piece of work , and we can quite understand
why Rubens , in the list made for Sir Dudley Carleton , stated of a similar picture
of fisherinen , that it was " painted from life " . The subject of this latter painting ...
This is a most impressively realistic piece of work , and we can quite understand
why Rubens , in the list made for Sir Dudley Carleton , stated of a similar picture
of fisherinen , that it was " painted from life " . The subject of this latter painting ...
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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 | H. Grevel & Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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