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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The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its
brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still
holds its own , beside more elaborate and ... 204250 PETER PAUL RUBENS .
The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its
brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still
holds its own , beside more elaborate and ... 204250 PETER PAUL RUBENS .
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PETER PAUL RUBENS . n a fine old mansion in the Sternengasse at Cologne , a
marble slab informs the stranger that here Peter Paul Rubens was born . But
neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of ...
PETER PAUL RUBENS . n a fine old mansion in the Sternengasse at Cologne , a
marble slab informs the stranger that here Peter Paul Rubens was born . But
neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of ...
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O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in
union with you , that Fig . 2 . THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL . that such a
proceethat Tiberius and Agrippina In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in
union with you , that Fig . 2 . THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL . that such a
proceethat Tiberius and Agrippina In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
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THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 15 . ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering .
THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 15 . ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering .
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... the two great Apostles : Peter and Paul . This infant was destined to
immortalize the name of Rubens . Towards the end of the year 1577 , Princess
Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her husband died . Johann
Rubens therefore ...
... the two great Apostles : Peter and Paul . This infant was destined to
immortalize the name of Rubens . Towards the end of the year 1577 , Princess
Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her husband died . Johann
Rubens therefore ...
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