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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7 PREFACE . The fact is unquestionable , that this volume. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER .
7 PREFACE . The fact is unquestionable , that this volume. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER .
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The words though of her Grace " ( probably the mother of the Orange princes ) “ which I have conveyed to you in another letter , still give me hope . ... I cannot believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated .
The words though of her Grace " ( probably the mother of the Orange princes ) “ which I have conveyed to you in another letter , still give me hope . ... I cannot believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated .
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1 ) - The noble sentiments of the mother are reflected in the superior bearing and noble mind , which later on distinguished the famous son . After the generous woman had vainly tried for two years by personal and epistolary entreaties ...
1 ) - The noble sentiments of the mother are reflected in the superior bearing and noble mind , which later on distinguished the famous son . After the generous woman had vainly tried for two years by personal and epistolary entreaties ...
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She makes no allusion to their sojourn at Siegen , and it can easily be understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had ...
She makes no allusion to their sojourn at Siegen , and it can easily be understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had ...
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This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and we may therefore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor ...
This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig . 1 ) and we may therefore conclude that it was painted before he went to Italy . A lengthy stay in Italy was regarded at that time as an indispensable factor ...
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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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