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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There is a passage in a letter dated Oct . 13 , 1624 from the English Ambassador
at Brussels , William Trumball , which shows that influential persons seemed to
give great weight to the efforts exercised in that direction by so distinguished and
...
There is a passage in a letter dated Oct . 13 , 1624 from the English Ambassador
at Brussels , William Trumball , which shows that influential persons seemed to
give great weight to the efforts exercised in that direction by so distinguished and
...
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This English peer and ambitious favourite of the young King , Charles I . , whom
he governed as completely as he had previously done his father James I . , came
to Paris in April 1625 to make the necessary arrangements for ...
This English peer and ambitious favourite of the young King , Charles I . , whom
he governed as completely as he had previously done his father James I . , came
to Paris in April 1625 to make the necessary arrangements for ...
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The Piedmontese Envoy had an interview with him at Delft , but the English
Ambassador refrained from a similar expedition for fear lest it should be talked
about . Nevertheless Gerbier travelled for some time from one Dutch town to
another in ...
The Piedmontese Envoy had an interview with him at Delft , but the English
Ambassador refrained from a similar expedition for fear lest it should be talked
about . Nevertheless Gerbier travelled for some time from one Dutch town to
another in ...
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In May the artist was visited at Antwerp by the Earl of Carlisle , English
Ambassador to the Hague , who was then on his way to Italy . In the course of
their conversation , the painter assured the ambassador , that Spain was longing
to make ...
In May the artist was visited at Antwerp by the Earl of Carlisle , English
Ambassador to the Hague , who was then on his way to Italy . In the course of
their conversation , the painter assured the ambassador , that Spain was longing
to make ...
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This much however is certain , that Olivarez in the spring of 1629 at last resolved
himself to commence proposals for peace with the English court . To this end
Rubens was sent to London with the necessary directions , and on the 28th of
April ...
This much however is certain , that Olivarez in the spring of 1629 at last resolved
himself to commence proposals for peace with the English court . To this end
Rubens was sent to London with the necessary directions , and on the 28th of
April ...
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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 New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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