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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On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
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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 , for it rained uncessantly for ...
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 , for it rained uncessantly for ...
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... is however no longer to be found there . It was carried off by the French to Grenoble . Fig . 17 . Rubens intended to return at once. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by.
... is however no longer to be found there . It was carried off by the French to Grenoble . Fig . 17 . Rubens intended to return at once. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by.
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Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua : but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of ...
Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua : but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of ...
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... brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the position intended for it ; for in 1612 it was presented by the municipality to Count Oliva , in order to obtain his favour , who took it with him to Spain .
... brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the position intended for it ; for in 1612 it was presented by the municipality to Count Oliva , in order to obtain his favour , who took it with him to Spain .
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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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