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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I shall continually pray for you ; and so also do our little children , who send their
love and who — God knows — long so much to see you . Written on the 1st of
April at night between 12 and 1 o ' clock . No longer sign yourself ' unworthy ...
I shall continually pray for you ; and so also do our little children , who send their
love and who — God knows — long so much to see you . Written on the 1st of
April at night between 12 and 1 o ' clock . No longer sign yourself ' unworthy ...
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She makes no allusion to their sojourn at Siegen , and it can easily be
understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the
loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had
caused ...
She makes no allusion to their sojourn at Siegen , and it can easily be
understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the
loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad circumstances , which had
caused ...
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... colour no doubt specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan
nobleman , whose acquaintance he made in Venice he was invited to the court of
Mantua during that same year . Among all the numerous art - loving princes of his
...
... colour no doubt specially attracted him . Through the medium of a Mantuan
nobleman , whose acquaintance he made in Venice he was invited to the court of
Mantua during that same year . Among all the numerous art - loving princes of his
...
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On one side we read the lines from Juvenal : “ Trust to the gods to care for us and
our prosperity ; They love men better than they do themselves . " On the other ,
the following from the same poet : “ Pray that in your healthy body may live a ...
On one side we read the lines from Juvenal : “ Trust to the gods to care for us and
our prosperity ; They love men better than they do themselves . " On the other ,
the following from the same poet : “ Pray that in your healthy body may live a ...
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The shoulders of the dead Christ , much foreshortened , rest against the knees of
the Madonna , who , with loving care , closes the glazing eyes of her dead Son .
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of ...
The shoulders of the dead Christ , much foreshortened , rest against the knees of
the Madonna , who , with loving care , closes the glazing eyes of her dead Son .
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of ...
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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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