RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 22
... wish also to stay on in Italy . Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage Christ in the ...
... wish also to stay on in Italy . Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage Christ in the ...
Page 101
... wish to mention a secret armistice and peace trans- action , directed by Peter Paul Rubens , the celebrated painter , between the United Provinces and those which still belong to the dominions of the King of Spain . A proof which ...
... wish to mention a secret armistice and peace trans- action , directed by Peter Paul Rubens , the celebrated painter , between the United Provinces and those which still belong to the dominions of the King of Spain . A proof which ...
Page 106
... wishes , he had often to reduce his own work and to make over to his pupils a great part of his commissions , he painted every line of these two pictures himself , putting into them the whole - souled devotion that he cherished for his ...
... wishes , he had often to reduce his own work and to make over to his pupils a great part of his commissions , he painted every line of these two pictures himself , putting into them the whole - souled devotion that he cherished for his ...
Page 108
... wish to acquire it . At that time the artist was unwilling Fig . 87 . PORTRAIT OF A LEVANTINE . In the Cassel ... wishes of the Duke , and allow- ed his agent , a certain Le Blond , to make a selection to the value of 100,000 florins ...
... wish to acquire it . At that time the artist was unwilling Fig . 87 . PORTRAIT OF A LEVANTINE . In the Cassel ... wishes of the Duke , and allow- ed his agent , a certain Le Blond , to make a selection to the value of 100,000 florins ...
Page 150
... wish and many more besides . I sincerely pray for your good - will etc " ... The subject suggested by Rubens was accepted and the master set to work on the Crufixion of St. Peter . On the 2nd of April he wrote to Geldorp : " I hasten to ...
... wish and many more besides . I sincerely pray for your good - will etc " ... The subject suggested by Rubens was accepted and the master set to work on the Crufixion of St. Peter . On the 2nd of April he wrote to Geldorp : " I hasten to ...
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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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