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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... it is uncertain when — two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St . Ignatius
healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is
very large , is a splendid work . 2 * Fig . 14 . RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA
BRANT.
... it is uncertain when — two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St . Ignatius
healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is
very large , is a splendid work . 2 * Fig . 14 . RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA
BRANT.
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RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After
a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . ( To page 26 . )
Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain ...
RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After
a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . ( To page 26 . )
Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain ...
Page 26
Philip Rubens was allied by marriage with Johann Brant , Town - Clerk of
Antwerp . On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young
beauty , whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to
Peter ...
Philip Rubens was allied by marriage with Johann Brant , Town - Clerk of
Antwerp . On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young
beauty , whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to
Peter ...
Page 38
It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist ' s
first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no
resemblance whatever to the darkhaired Isabella Brant . It cannot be assumed ...
It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist ' s
first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no
resemblance whatever to the darkhaired Isabella Brant . It cannot be assumed ...
Page 42
In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was
perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of
children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with
hastily ...
In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was
perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of
children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with
hastily ...
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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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