RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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... Flemish master . Its convenient form , combined with its numerous and attractive illustrations , have proved it to be well adapted as a guide to his work : and especially to assist students who , desirous of understanding him thoroughly ...
... Flemish master . Its convenient form , combined with its numerous and attractive illustrations , have proved it to be well adapted as a guide to his work : and especially to assist students who , desirous of understanding him thoroughly ...
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... Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors of Rubens had for centuries been settled in Antwerp as respectable burghers . His grand - father ...
... Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors of Rubens had for centuries been settled in Antwerp as respectable burghers . His grand - father ...
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... Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English . We know from Balthasar Mo- retus , a celebrated printer of the time , that Rubens was esteemed in his school as much for his intellectual quali- ties as for the ...
... Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English . We know from Balthasar Mo- retus , a celebrated printer of the time , that Rubens was esteemed in his school as much for his intellectual quali- ties as for the ...
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... Flemish nting " . This very learned and distinguished man , whose family had in- herited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van ...
... Flemish nting " . This very learned and distinguished man , whose family had in- herited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van ...
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... own language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty . On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely. 15.
... own language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty . On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely. 15.
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