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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Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors of Rubens had for centuries been settled in Antwerp as respectable burghers . His grand - father was a dispensing chemist ...
Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors of Rubens had for centuries been settled in Antwerp as respectable burghers . His grand - father was a dispensing chemist ...
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He also asked to be allowed to 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 ...
He also asked to be allowed to 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 ...
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At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor and desolate owing to its siege by the Prince of Parma . Indeed it seemed as if that unhappy city had sought solace for the loss of her ...
At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor and desolate owing to its siege by the Prince of Parma . Indeed it seemed as if that unhappy city had sought solace for the loss of her ...
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Here he devoted special attention to the architecture of the town and , in order to improve the taste for building in his own country , conceived the idea , of making a collection of drawings of Genoese palace - architecture .
Here he devoted special attention to the architecture of the town and , in order to improve the taste for building in his own country , conceived the idea , of making a collection of drawings of Genoese palace - architecture .
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Philip Rubens was allied by marriage with Johann Brant , Town - Clerk of Antwerp . On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young beauty , whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to ...
Philip Rubens was allied by marriage with Johann Brant , Town - Clerk of Antwerp . On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young beauty , whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to ...
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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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