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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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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... where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose acquaintance he made in Venice he was in- vited to the court of Mantua during that same year .
... where the works of the masters of glowing colour no doubt specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan nobleman , whose acquaintance he made in Venice he was in- vited to the court of Mantua during that same year .
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... now at Hampton Court . The young artist seems to have been also attracted by antique marbles and especially by old Greek and Fig . 11 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
... now at Hampton Court . The young artist seems to have been also attracted by antique marbles and especially by old Greek and Fig . 11 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
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Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan horses , could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain ...
Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan horses , could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain ...
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They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of September 1609 , they created him Court - painter , with all the prerogatives attached to that title , and an annuity of £ 500 Flemish .
They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of September 1609 , they created him Court - painter , with all the prerogatives attached to that title , and an annuity of £ 500 Flemish .
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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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