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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At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit - Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the ...
At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit - Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the ...
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After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really discovered his talent and entered upon that period of ...
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really discovered his talent and entered upon that period of ...
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He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o'clock , and went every morning to hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from doing this by gout . Returning from church he 38.
He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o'clock , and went every morning to hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from doing this by gout . Returning from church he 38.
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Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for he possessed the gift of listening without diverting his attention from his work .
Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for he possessed the gift of listening without diverting his attention from his work .
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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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