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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... Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris ...
... Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris ...
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From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the commissions of the Archduke , but also those of the Duke of Mantua . It stands to reason that Rubens during his Fig . 10.
From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the commissions of the Archduke , but also those of the Duke of Mantua . It stands to reason that Rubens during his Fig . 10.
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In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma .
In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma .
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The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age , shows how famous the artist had then become . Gonzaga replied , however , that ...
The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age , shows how famous the artist had then become . Gonzaga replied , however , that ...
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7 In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her ...
7 In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her ...
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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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