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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Returning to his native country , on the 29th November 1561 he married a merchant's daughter named Maria Pypelincks . In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years , during the period of Revolution ...
Returning to his native country , on the 29th November 1561 he married a merchant's daughter named Maria Pypelincks . In 1562 he was appointed an Assessor , an office which he held for five years , during the period of Revolution ...
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Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of 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 ...
Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of 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 ...
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On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young beauty , whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to Peter Paul Rubens in the church of St. Michael . In a charming picture , now at the ...
On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young beauty , whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to Peter Paul Rubens in the church of St. Michael . In a charming picture , now at the ...
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... then , in the Descent from the Cross ; and , lastly , as Ruler of the World on the shoulder of St. Christopher . Tradition tells us that the Rifle. 36 Head of a Child (Rubens' cldest daughter) In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
... then , in the Descent from the Cross ; and , lastly , as Ruler of the World on the shoulder of St. Christopher . Tradition tells us that the Rifle. 36 Head of a Child (Rubens' cldest daughter) In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
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THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPOS BY CASTOR AND POLLUX . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) off to Paris in 1794. A replica of the latter picture with ...
THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPOS BY CASTOR AND POLLUX . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) off to Paris in 1794. A replica of the latter picture with ...
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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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