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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... to be a likeness of the artist himself . We ought also to relate here a pleasing
anecdote : how She once assembled into the artist ' s presence all her court -
ladies to obtain his opinion on their respective beauty ; and how the lady who
seemed.
... to be a likeness of the artist himself . We ought also to relate here a pleasing
anecdote : how She once assembled into the artist ' s presence all her court -
ladies to obtain his opinion on their respective beauty ; and how the lady who
seemed.
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The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her
side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was
dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the well ...
The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her
side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was
dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the well ...
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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY OF THE COURT OF THE INFANTA ISABELLA
AT BRUSSELS . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the
original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page
92 ...
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY OF THE COURT OF THE INFANTA ISABELLA
AT BRUSSELS . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the
original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page
92 ...
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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY OF THE COURT OF THE INFANTA ISABELLA .
In the Hermitage at St . Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun
, Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 92 . ) On the other ...
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY OF THE COURT OF THE INFANTA ISABELLA .
In the Hermitage at St . Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun
, Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 92 . ) On the other ...
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Fig . 78 . PORTRAIT OF A Marquis ( name illegible ) OF THE COURT OF MARIA
DE MEDICI . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the
original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page
92 . ) ...
Fig . 78 . PORTRAIT OF A Marquis ( name illegible ) OF THE COURT OF MARIA
DE MEDICI . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the
original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page
92 . ) ...
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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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