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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... to help his brother in the war against the Spanish Supre- macy . It was therefore only by sacrificing all but £ 120 of the security that. Fig . 4. DEMOCRITOS , from a series of antique portrait - heads . Engraving by L. Vostermann .
... to help his brother in the war against the Spanish Supre- macy . It was therefore only by sacrificing all but £ 120 of the security that. Fig . 4. DEMOCRITOS , from a series of antique portrait - heads . Engraving by L. Vostermann .
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Engraving by H. Witdoek . during the following year . It was there that her son Peter Paul received his scientific education in the so - called " Pfaffenschule " . He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than ...
Engraving by H. Witdoek . during the following year . It was there that her son Peter Paul received his scientific education in the so - called " Pfaffenschule " . He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than ...
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It was carried off by the French to Grenoble . Fig . 17 . Rubens intended to return at once. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by. 23.
It was carried off by the French to Grenoble . Fig . 17 . Rubens intended to return at once. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by. 23.
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Although he executed numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded 15.1 25 · Fig . 18. THE DESCENT FROM THE. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by Witdoek . ( To page 34. ) ( To page 34. ) ...
Although he executed numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded 15.1 25 · Fig . 18. THE DESCENT FROM THE. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by Witdoek . ( To page 34. ) ( To page 34. ) ...
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... under him that he was obliged to pass them on to other painters ; and , indeed , as he wrote to a friend of his , an engraver , he had to reject hundreds of pupils , amongst whom were even acquaintances of his own and his wife's .
... under him that he was obliged to pass them on to other painters ; and , indeed , as he wrote to a friend of his , an engraver , he had to reject hundreds of pupils , amongst whom were even acquaintances of his own and his wife's .
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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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