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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... Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta . Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome had also been conferred upon him . He availed him ...
... Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta . Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome had also been conferred upon him . He availed him ...
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... Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather ...
... Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather ...
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... Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle of Anghiari " and from the celebrated Cena , both of which are preserved in the Louvre . It is also probable that he painted in the same city , in order to rival Leonardo ...
... Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle of Anghiari " and from the celebrated Cena , both of which are preserved in the Louvre . It is also probable that he painted in the same city , in order to rival Leonardo ...
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... Spain . When some time afterwards he ended his life on the scaffold , it passed into the possession of King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN MAN . In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from ...
... Spain . When some time afterwards he ended his life on the scaffold , it passed into the possession of King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN MAN . In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from ...
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... Spain , and the Princess Elisabeth of France ; 15 ) The Blessings of Maria de Medici's Reign ; 16 ) She makes over the Government to her son Louis XIII .; 17 ) She retires to Blois ; 18 ) She resolves to end her disputes with her son ...
... Spain , and the Princess Elisabeth of France ; 15 ) The Blessings of Maria de Medici's Reign ; 16 ) She makes over the Government to her son Louis XIII .; 17 ) She retires to Blois ; 18 ) She resolves to end her disputes with her son ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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