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 5th of June he arrived in London . Fig . 96 . Elizabeth of France . In the
Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . ,
Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 114 . ) The friend of both Buckingham
...
On the 5th of June he arrived in London . Fig . 96 . Elizabeth of France . In the
Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . ,
Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 114 . ) The friend of both Buckingham
...
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Charles I . , returned to London and was acquired by the National Gallery in 1827
. The peace negotiations did not , however , make such rapid progress as might
have been expected , for it was France , led by Richelieu , that now tried to ...
Charles I . , returned to London and was acquired by the National Gallery in 1827
. The peace negotiations did not , however , make such rapid progress as might
have been expected , for it was France , led by Richelieu , that now tried to ...
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In London Rubens did not want for artistic occupation . The Flemish master soon
received commissions from Charles I . He painted for him a St . George , giving to
the Saint the features of His Majesty ; and also designed a magnificent dish to ...
In London Rubens did not want for artistic occupation . The Flemish master soon
received commissions from Charles I . He painted for him a St . George , giving to
the Saint the features of His Majesty ; and also designed a magnificent dish to ...
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An interesting letter dated August 1 , 1631 , has come down to us , now
preserved in the British Museum in London , — written by him to Franz Junius , a
native of Heidelberg , librarian of the Duke of Arundel , who had written a book “
On the ...
An interesting letter dated August 1 , 1631 , has come down to us , now
preserved in the British Museum in London , — written by him to Franz Junius , a
native of Heidelberg , librarian of the Duke of Arundel , who had written a book “
On the ...
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Rubens wrote to the latter in 1637 that the picture was not , as he had supposed
at first , intended for London but for Cologne : “ Sir , I have received your
esteemed letter of last June , which does away with all my doubts . I could not
understand ...
Rubens wrote to the latter in 1637 that the picture was not , as he had supposed
at first , intended for London but for Cologne : “ Sir , I have received your
esteemed letter of last June , which does away with all my doubts . I could not
understand ...
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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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