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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Page 8
... live . Pour into the hearts of these noble gentlemen , whom we have so deep- ly offended , the spirit of thy mercy , that we may soon be delivered from all these tribulations and fears they have already endured so long ! . . The end of ...
... live . Pour into the hearts of these noble gentlemen , whom we have so deep- ly offended , the spirit of thy mercy , that we may soon be delivered from all these tribulations and fears they have already endured so long ! . . The end of ...
Page 9
... live in a town nearer his own country , so that he might be enabled to make a respectable living for his wife and children . His request was granted on condition ; that he should present himself before the municipality of Nassau ...
... live in a town nearer his own country , so that he might be enabled to make a respectable living for his wife and children . His request was granted on condition ; that he should present himself before the municipality of Nassau ...
Page 38
... live a healthy mind ; And that your heart may neither flinch from death Nor be given over to passion and desire . " Contemporary artists have often depicted Rubens ' establishment . Even Van Dyck did not think it unworthy of his genius ...
... live a healthy mind ; And that your heart may neither flinch from death Nor be given over to passion and desire . " Contemporary artists have often depicted Rubens ' establishment . Even Van Dyck did not think it unworthy of his genius ...
Page 100
... live for his art alone comes to a close ; and a time in his life commences , during which , according to his own expression , he had to keep one foot continually in the stirrup in the service of sovereigns . It would seem that in 1623 ...
... live for his art alone comes to a close ; and a time in his life commences , during which , according to his own expression , he had to keep one foot continually in the stirrup in the service of sovereigns . It would seem that in 1623 ...
Page 107
... . The two boys literary live before us , and the artistic charm of the colour with its lights and shadows has been but rarely equalled in any other work of art ( Figs . 92-93 ) . In the autumn of 1625 , when the Duke of. 107.
... . The two boys literary live before us , and the artistic charm of the colour with its lights and shadows has been but rarely equalled in any other work of art ( Figs . 92-93 ) . In the autumn of 1625 , when the Duke of. 107.
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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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