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 8
... love and who God knows - long so much to see you . Written on the 1st of April at night between 12 and I o'clock . No longer sign yourself ' unworthy husband ' since I have forgiven you all . Your faithful wife Maria Ruebens . " 1 ) The ...
... love and who God knows - long so much to see you . Written on the 1st of April at night between 12 and I o'clock . No longer sign yourself ' unworthy husband ' since I have forgiven you all . Your faithful wife Maria Ruebens . " 1 ) The ...
Page 10
... loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had caused her such unhappiness . And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the ...
... loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had caused her such unhappiness . And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the ...
Page 13
... loving princes of his time , Vincenzo Gonzaga , then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach ...
... loving princes of his time , Vincenzo Gonzaga , then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach ...
Page 38
... love men better than they do themselves . " On the other , the following from the same poet : " Pray that in your healthy body may live a healthy mind ; And that your heart may neither flinch from death Nor be given over to passion and ...
... love men better than they do themselves . " On the other , the following from the same poet : " Pray that in your healthy body may live a healthy mind ; And that your heart may neither flinch from death Nor be given over to passion and ...
Page 45
... loving care , closes the glazing eyes of her dead Son . His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , -the favourite female Saint of the painter , -whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36. HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ...
... loving care , closes the glazing eyes of her dead Son . His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , -the favourite female Saint of the painter , -whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36. HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ...
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