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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Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght , 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 ...
Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght , 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 ...
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A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became . He produced some rather clever works in imitation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time .
A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became . He produced some rather clever works in imitation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time .
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A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a 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 ...
A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor in the education of a 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 ...
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The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he did not choose to be associated with any one else " .
The proposal of the Mantuan Ambassador that the pictures should be restored with the assistance of some Spanish painter , was firmly rejected by Rubens who declared , “ that he did not choose to be associated with any one else " .
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He was no doubt right in adding that it was the 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 .
He was no doubt right in adding that it was the 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 .
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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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