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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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 ...
Page 23
In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 17 . Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua
: but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of
their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits
...
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 17 . Rubens intended to return at once back to Mantua
: but the Archduke Albrecht and the Infanta Isabella objected to the departure of
their celebrated subject . They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits
...
Page 39
Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so
employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for
he possessed the gift of listening without diverting his attention from his work . It is
also ...
Returning from church he at once commenced his painting ; and whilst so
employed he had books , such as Plutarch and Seneca , read aloud to him ; for
he possessed the gift of listening without diverting his attention from his work . It is
also ...
Page 53
We are told that he once invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a
magnificent lion , promising the man a handsome sum of money if he would
make the beast yawn by tickling its jaw - bones , so that he might study its open
mouth . The lion ...
We are told that he once invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a
magnificent lion , promising the man a handsome sum of money if he would
make the beast yawn by tickling its jaw - bones , so that he might study its open
mouth . The lion ...
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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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