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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This infant was destined to immortalize the name of Rubens . Towards the end of
the year 1577 , Princess Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her
husband died . Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a
free ...
This infant was destined to immortalize the name of Rubens . Towards the end of
the year 1577 , Princess Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her
husband died . Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a
free ...
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And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself
justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is
therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was supposed to
have ...
And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself
justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is
therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was supposed to
have ...
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Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght ,
under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked
in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries ...
Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght ,
under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked
in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries ...
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In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was admitted into the guild of St . Luke . We do not
know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the
Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings . It
represents the ...
In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was admitted into the guild of St . Luke . We do not
know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the
Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings . It
represents the ...
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with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him
a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he
was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he ...
with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him
a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he
was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he ...
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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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