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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When some time afterwards he ended his life on the scaffold , it passed into the possession of King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21 . PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN Man , In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from the ...
When some time afterwards he ended his life on the scaffold , it passed into the possession of King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21 . PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN Man , In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from the ...
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His nephew Philip has given us interesting accounts of his habits and his daily life . He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o'clock , and went every morning to hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from ...
His nephew Philip has given us interesting accounts of his habits and his daily life . He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o'clock , and went every morning to hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from ...
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... a member of the Boonen family , who fascinates the spectator by her dark mysterious eyes ( Fig . 85 ) . There is There is. 94 Philip IV , King of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
... a member of the Boonen family , who fascinates the spectator by her dark mysterious eyes ( Fig . 85 ) . There is There is. 94 Philip IV , King of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
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This is confirmed by the fact that Philip IV . of Spain , -as an existing document proves , — raised him and his legitimate heirs , - it would seem at his own request , – to the ranks of the nobility : “ In consideration of the great ...
This is confirmed by the fact that Philip IV . of Spain , -as an existing document proves , — raised him and his legitimate heirs , - it would seem at his own request , – to the ranks of the nobility : “ In consideration of the great ...
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The great talents shown by Rubens in this matter of securing peace were recognised and rewarded by the Archduchess Isabella , who in 1628 appointed him her chamberlain : whilst Philip IV . summoned him to Madrid in the same year to ...
The great talents shown by Rubens in this matter of securing peace were recognised and rewarded by the Archduchess Isabella , who in 1628 appointed him her chamberlain : whilst Philip IV . summoned him to Madrid in the same year to ...
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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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