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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they were brought to England , only to be sold. In the Albertina at Vienna . ( To page 22. ) 14.
they were brought to England , only to be sold. In the Albertina at Vienna . ( To page 22. ) 14.
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they were brought to England , only to be sold again the following year , since when they have disappeared . A few years ago there was a rumour that they had been rediscovered in the South of France . Rubens must have already possessed ...
they were brought to England , only to be sold again the following year , since when they have disappeared . A few years ago there was a rumour that they had been rediscovered in the South of France . Rubens must have already possessed ...
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After his departure from France and during the rupture between England and Spain , Rubens frequently wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by .
After his departure from France and during the rupture between England and Spain , Rubens frequently wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by .
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It was also agreed that the pur- chaser should at his own expense have a cast made of every indi- vidual statue that he removed to occupy its empty space . Thus in 1627 the greater part of Rubens ' Collection came to England ...
It was also agreed that the pur- chaser should at his own expense have a cast made of every indi- vidual statue that he removed to occupy its empty space . Thus in 1627 the greater part of Rubens ' Collection came to England ...
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He had very much at heart the completion of that " beautiful masterwork " as he described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ...
He had very much at heart the completion of that " beautiful masterwork " as he described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ...
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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 University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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