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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He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than seven languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English . We know from Balthasar Mo- retus , a celebrated printer of the time ...
He acquired a wide general knowledge and spoke fluently no less than seven languages : Flemish , German , Latin , Spanish , French , Italian , and English . We know from Balthasar Mo- retus , a celebrated printer of the time ...
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He produced some rather clever works in imi- tation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time . In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was admitted into the guild of St. Luke . We do not know however much about his early ...
He produced some rather clever works in imi- tation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time . In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was admitted into the guild of St. Luke . We do not know however much about his early ...
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1 ) and we may there- fore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his ...
1 ) and we may there- fore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his ...
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It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of Art- History at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady ...
It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of Art- History at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady ...
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He was no doubt . right in adding that it was the painter's wish also to stay on in Italy . Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them .
He was no doubt . right in adding that it was the painter's wish also to stay on in Italy . Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them .
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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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