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 THE IMVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES Fig . 8 .
HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the
original by ...
... Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter THE IMVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES Fig . 8 .
HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the
original by ...
Page 15
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. PORTRAIT OF A ...
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. PORTRAIT OF A ...
Page 18
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 . The voyage was not favoured with fine ...
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 . The voyage was not favoured with fine ...
Page 22
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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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 alive : for
...
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 alive : for
...
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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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