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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... wished him to acquire the courtly manners then pre- vailing in good society , but his marked artistic inclinations Fig . 6. TIBERIUS AND AGRIPPINA . In the Liechtenstein. ( To page 16. ) ( To page 16. ) ( To page 18. ) 10.
... wished him to acquire the courtly manners then pre- vailing in good society , but his marked artistic inclinations Fig . 6. TIBERIUS AND AGRIPPINA . In the Liechtenstein. ( To page 16. ) ( To page 16. ) ( To page 18. ) 10.
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... wished to keep him . 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 ...
... wished to keep him . 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 ...
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... wished that the painting for the Gallery of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales were of larger dimen- sions , because it would give me much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy . . . I must confess that my ...
... wished that the painting for the Gallery of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales were of larger dimen- sions , because it would give me much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy . . . I must confess that my ...
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... wished that at first he should not go beyond Zevenberghen in the North Brabant ; but Carleton , on the other hand , was afraid that a meeting between Gerbier and Rubens in so small a town on the frontier would be certain to attract ...
... wished that at first he should not go beyond Zevenberghen in the North Brabant ; but Carleton , on the other hand , was afraid that a meeting between Gerbier and Rubens in so small a town on the frontier would be certain to attract ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. as a complement to the incidents of her own life , she wished Rubens to depict also in another long series of paintings those of Henry IV . But Rubens could not stay long in Paris , nor could he devote much time to his ...
Hermann Knackfuss. as a complement to the incidents of her own life , she wished Rubens to depict also in another long series of paintings those of Henry IV . But Rubens could not stay long in Paris , nor could he devote much time to his ...
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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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