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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... AND WRITTEN JOINTLY WITH OTHER AUTHORS , BY H. KNACKFUSS IX .
RUBENS BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON H.
GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING STREET , COVENT GARDEN , W. C. 1904 RUBENS
BY H.
... AND WRITTEN JOINTLY WITH OTHER AUTHORS , BY H. KNACKFUSS IX .
RUBENS BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON H.
GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING STREET , COVENT GARDEN , W. C. 1904 RUBENS
BY H.
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... 122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS UK BIELEFELD
AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON H. GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING
STREET , COVENT GARDEN , W. C. 1904 PRINTED BY FISCHER & WITTIG ,
Leipzig -
... 122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS UK BIELEFELD
AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON H. GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING
STREET , COVENT GARDEN , W. C. 1904 PRINTED BY FISCHER & WITTIG ,
Leipzig -
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He fashioned a sumptuous Palace in the late Renaissance style , which he
further furnished with princely splendour ; and in the garden erected a richly
adorned circular building to contain his own art - treasures and antique marbles .
He fashioned a sumptuous Palace in the late Renaissance style , which he
further furnished with princely splendour ; and in the garden erected a richly
adorned circular building to contain his own art - treasures and antique marbles .
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He was devoted to the painting of wild beasts , many varieties of which he could
find at the Zoological Gardens at Antwerp and in private menageries . He often
introduces the Bengal tiger with his splendid colouring into his paintings , and ...
He was devoted to the painting of wild beasts , many varieties of which he could
find at the Zoological Gardens at Antwerp and in private menageries . He often
introduces the Bengal tiger with his splendid colouring into his paintings , and ...
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... that he had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that
consequently would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures ; " since
everyone is more liberal with the fruit of his garden , than with the fruit which he
has to.
... that he had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that
consequently would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures ; " since
everyone is more liberal with the fruit of his garden , than with the fruit which he
has 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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