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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It has sometimes been suggested that Rubens himself had on this occasion narrowly escaped drowning ; but in the letter of Lord Fig . 98. HELENA FOURMENT AS A BRIDE . In. MARIE DI MEDICI . Drawing in the Louvre .
It has sometimes been suggested that Rubens himself had on this occasion narrowly escaped drowning ; but in the letter of Lord Fig . 98. HELENA FOURMENT AS A BRIDE . In. MARIE DI MEDICI . Drawing in the Louvre .
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HELENA FOURMENT AS A BRIDE . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 124. ) Dorchester relating to an English politician this incident , there.
HELENA FOURMENT AS A BRIDE . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 124. ) Dorchester relating to an English politician this incident , there.
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On the 6th of December 1630 Peter Paul Rubens was married to Helena Fourment in St. James ' Church at Antwerp . He was fifty - three years of age , whilst his bride , the daughter of a family of merchants and related to his first wife ...
On the 6th of December 1630 Peter Paul Rubens was married to Helena Fourment in St. James ' Church at Antwerp . He was fifty - three years of age , whilst his bride , the daughter of a family of merchants and related to his first wife ...
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... such as were held by Roman Emperors , wherein to the sound of trumpets of victory , women and children come forth with joy , to meet the King and hail him not only as victor but also as liberator . In Fig . 102. HELENA FOURMENT .
... such as were held by Roman Emperors , wherein to the sound of trumpets of victory , women and children come forth with joy , to meet the King and hail him not only as victor but also as liberator . In Fig . 102. HELENA FOURMENT .
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HELENA FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 134. ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm - branches ...
HELENA FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 134. ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm - branches ...
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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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