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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He first went to Venice where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt
specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose
acquaintance he made in Venice he was invited to the court of Mantua during
that ...
He first went to Venice where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt
specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose
acquaintance he made in Venice he was invited to the court of Mantua during
that ...
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... the South of France . Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous
productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career .
From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out
...
... the South of France . Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous
productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career .
From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out
...
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In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . ... The proposal of the
Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of
some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he
did not ...
In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . ... The proposal of the
Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of
some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he
did not ...
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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 . Gonzaga replied , however ...
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 . Gonzaga replied , however ...
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In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
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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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