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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Page 86
... is not known : but there is no doubt that it was painted in 1621 , and the choice of that particular Saint seems to refer to the Abbé of St. Ambroise , to whom Rubens was indebted for so great and so welcome a commission .
... is not known : but there is no doubt that it was painted in 1621 , and the choice of that particular Saint seems to refer to the Abbé of St. Ambroise , to whom Rubens was indebted for so great and so welcome a commission .
Page 97
... of the Medici Gallery in Paris : must have involved - not to mention other commissions of greater or lesser importance undertaken by him ,Rubens seems yet to have found time to paint pictures for his own personal pleasure .
... of the Medici Gallery in Paris : must have involved - not to mention other commissions of greater or lesser importance undertaken by him ,Rubens seems yet to have found time to paint pictures for his own personal pleasure .
Page 106
Although the time of the much - occupied master was just then so much taken up , that , contrary to his own wishes , he had often to reduce his own work and to make over to his pupils a great part of his commissions , he painted every ...
Although the time of the much - occupied master was just then so much taken up , that , contrary to his own wishes , he had often to reduce his own work and to make over to his pupils a great part of his commissions , he painted every ...
Page 114
The King gave many other commissions to the artist , amongst which was the large and idealized equestrian portrait of Philip II . , — who had died 9 > - thirty years before , — which shill adorns the 114 The Massacre of the Innocents, ...
The King gave many other commissions to the artist , amongst which was the large and idealized equestrian portrait of Philip II . , — who had died 9 > - thirty years before , — which shill adorns the 114 The Massacre of the Innocents, ...
Page 118
... of the aged Maria de Medici , still in the Louvre ( Fig . 97 ) . This Queen had a fresh commission for him , for , as a complement to the incidents of her own life 118 Helena Fourment and her eldest Son In the Pinakothek at Munich.
... of the aged Maria de Medici , still in the Louvre ( Fig . 97 ) . This Queen had a fresh commission for him , for , as a complement to the incidents of her own life 118 Helena Fourment and her eldest Son In the Pinakothek at Munich.
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