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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... painter Tobias Ver- haeght , under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose ...
... painter Tobias Ver- haeght , under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose ...
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... painter he became . 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 ...
... painter he became . 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 ...
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... painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian travels . He first went to Venice where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose ...
... painter . Rubens started on the 9th of May 1600 on his Italian travels . He first went to Venice where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose ...
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... painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , " that he did not choose to be associated with any one else " . The circumstance that the interview with the King was delayed , enabled him however not only with his own hands to ...
... painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , " that he did not choose to be associated with any one else " . The circumstance that the interview with the King was delayed , enabled him however not only with his own hands to ...
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... 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 . We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage ...
... 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 . We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage ...
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