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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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From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua, having carried out,
not only the commissions of the Archduke, but also those of the Duke of Mantua.
It stands to reason that Rubens during his Fig. 10. Poeteait of a Feanciscan ...
From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua, having carried out,
not only the commissions of the Archduke, but also those of the Duke of Mantua.
It stands to reason that Rubens during his Fig. 10. Poeteait of a Feanciscan ...
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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 ...
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The fact that in 1607 tne 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,
that ...
The fact that in 1607 tne 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,
that ...
Page 23
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 |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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