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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Page 11
... Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the
Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS
AND HANDS . II Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
... Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the
Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS
AND HANDS . II Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
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In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered
the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip
III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine ...
In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered
the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip
III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine ...
Page 90
One was a representation of herself as Minerva : two more were portraits of her
parents , the Grand - Duke and Grand - Duchess of Tuscany : whilst the fourth
was to be a likeness of the artist himself . We ought also to relate here a pleasing
...
One was a representation of herself as Minerva : two more were portraits of her
parents , the Grand - Duke and Grand - Duchess of Tuscany : whilst the fourth
was to be a likeness of the artist himself . We ought also to relate here a pleasing
...
Page 103
It was at the court of Maria de Medici and through the acquaintanceship made
there with the Duke of Buckingham that first inspired Rubens with the desire to
occupy himself seriously , and not merely occasionally , with the entangled
threads of ...
It was at the court of Maria de Medici and through the acquaintanceship made
there with the Duke of Buckingham that first inspired Rubens with the desire to
occupy himself seriously , and not merely occasionally , with the entangled
threads of ...
Page 107
... lights and shadows has been but rarely equalled in any other work of art ( Figs
. 92 — 93 ) . In the autumn of 1625 , when the Duke of. 107.
... lights and shadows has been but rarely equalled in any other work of art ( Figs
. 92 — 93 ) . In the autumn of 1625 , when the Duke of. 107.
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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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