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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Page 38
... wrote to a friend of his , an engraver , he had to reject hundreds of pupils , amongst whom were even acquaintances of his own and his wife's . His nephew Philip has given us interesting accounts of his habits and his daily life . He ...
... wrote to a friend of his , an engraver , he had to reject hundreds of pupils , amongst whom were even acquaintances of his own and his wife's . His nephew Philip has given us interesting accounts of his habits and his daily life . He ...
Page 58
... wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed on this side ...
... wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual possessed on this side ...
Page 68
... wrote to a friend , that Lucas Vostermann had in hand for three years an engraving of this picture . This painting of comparatively smaller dimensions is , like the two aboved - named com- positions , also executed with the greatest ...
... wrote to a friend , that Lucas Vostermann had in hand for three years an engraving of this picture . This painting of comparatively smaller dimensions is , like the two aboved - named com- positions , also executed with the greatest ...
Page 91
... wrote to a friend that he was " tired of that court " . He was dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the well deserved payment for so great an undertaking and was not even willing to reimburse him for ...
... wrote to a friend that he was " tired of that court " . He was dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the well deserved payment for so great an undertaking and was not even willing to reimburse him for ...
Page 104
... wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by . He besought Gerbier to inform the Duke of Buckingham how grieved the Infanta was as to the state of affairs ...
... wrote to Gerbier greatly deploring the circumstances and expressing his longing to restore the golden period which had gone by . He besought Gerbier to inform the Duke of Buckingham how grieved the Infanta was as to the state of affairs ...
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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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