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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On the 6th of December 1630 Peter Paul Rubens was married to Helena
Fourment in St . James ' Church at Antwerp . He was fifty - three years of age ,
whilst his bride , the daughter of a family of merchants and related to his first wife ,
was only ...
On the 6th of December 1630 Peter Paul Rubens was married to Helena
Fourment in St . James ' Church at Antwerp . He was fifty - three years of age ,
whilst his bride , the daughter of a family of merchants and related to his first wife ,
was only ...
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... as were held by Roman Emperors , wherein to the sound of trumpets of victory ,
women and children come forth with joy , to meet the King and hail him not only
as victor but also as liberator . In Fig . 102 . HELENA FOURMENT . From the van.
... as were held by Roman Emperors , wherein to the sound of trumpets of victory ,
women and children come forth with joy , to meet the King and hail him not only
as victor but also as liberator . In Fig . 102 . HELENA FOURMENT . From the van.
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HELENA FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at
Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . (
To page 134 . ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm ...
HELENA FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at
Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . (
To page 134 . ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm ...
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HELENA FOURMENT , SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR UNDER A PORTICO . In the
Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! ,
Munich . ( To page 134 . ) may also at the same time observe relief given in ...
HELENA FOURMENT , SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR UNDER A PORTICO . In the
Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! ,
Munich . ( To page 134 . ) may also at the same time observe relief given in ...
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It is easy to recognize in the centre of the composition the lovely features of
Helena Fourment , radiant in youthful grace . She can also be traced as the
original of a sketch , now in the Louvre , ( Fig . 101 ) , intended as a study for a
lady in the ...
It is easy to recognize in the centre of the composition the lovely features of
Helena Fourment , radiant in youthful grace . She can also be traced as the
original of a sketch , now in the Louvre , ( Fig . 101 ) , intended as a study for a
lady in the ...
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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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