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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Thou will'st not the death of a sinner , but rather that he should be converted and live . Pour into the hearts of these noble gentlemen , whom we have so deeply offended , the spirit of thy mercy , that we may soon be delivered from ...
Thou will'st not the death of a sinner , but rather that he should be converted and live . Pour into the hearts of these noble gentlemen , whom we have so deeply offended , the spirit of thy mercy , that we may soon be delivered from ...
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He also asked to be allowed to live in a town nearer his own country , so that he might be enabled to make a respectable living for his wife and children . His request was granted on condition ; that he should present himself before the ...
He also asked to be allowed to live in a town nearer his own country , so that he might be enabled to make a respectable living for his wife and children . His request was granted on condition ; that he should present himself before the ...
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On the other , the following from the same poet : ( G 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 desire .
On the other , the following from the same poet : ( G 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 desire .
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With the year 1625 a period of rich activity throughout which the master was able to live for his art alone comes to a close ; and a time in his life commences , during which , according to his own expression , he had to keep one foot ...
With the year 1625 a period of rich activity throughout which the master was able to live for his art alone comes to a close ; and a time in his life commences , during which , according to his own expression , he had to keep one foot ...
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The whole attention of the younger boy is concentrated on his plaything , a chained goldfinch . This group is one of the greatest master - pieces in the art of portraiture . The two boys literary live before us , and the artistic charm ...
The whole attention of the younger boy is concentrated on his plaything , a chained goldfinch . This group is one of the greatest master - pieces in the art of portraiture . The two boys literary live before us , and the artistic charm ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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