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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But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia ...
But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia ...
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Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a free pardon from the Prince of Orange , who moreover was happily married once more . He supported in 1578 this petition by renouncing a part of the sum which , as we have ...
Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a free pardon from the Prince of Orange , who moreover was happily married once more . He supported in 1578 this petition by renouncing a part of the sum which , as we have ...
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At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor and desolate owing to its siege by the Prince of Parma . Indeed it seemed as if that unhappy city had sought solace for the loss of her ...
At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor and desolate owing to its siege by the Prince of Parma . Indeed it seemed as if that unhappy city had sought solace for the loss of her ...
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A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became . He produced some rather clever works in imi- tation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time .
A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became . He produced some rather clever works in imi- tation of the then prevalent manneristic style of Italian art at that time .
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The thorough grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old marbles is best proved by the profiles of a Roman couple , now in the collection of Prince . Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There are also in the Albertina ...
The thorough grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old marbles is best proved by the profiles of a Roman couple , now in the collection of Prince . Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There are also in the Albertina ...
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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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