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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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13. ) make great difficulty in this matter , as indeed I have not done . How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great ...
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13. ) make great difficulty in this matter , as indeed I have not done . How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great ...
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After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble gentlemen could only see my tears they ...
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble gentlemen could only see my tears they ...
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . To be always thinking ( To page 13. ) of death and dreading death is worse than death itself . Therefore banish these thoughts from your heart .
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . To be always thinking ( To page 13. ) of death and dreading death is worse than death itself . Therefore banish these thoughts from your heart .
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After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 16. ) soon showed themselves . At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor ...
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 16. ) soon showed themselves . At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that this town had become poor ...
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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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