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 115
His Royal patron also desired him to copy paintings by Titian , and to make
sketches for tapestries to decorate the apartments of his own palace . They were
Fig . 93 . RUBENS ' Sons . From the picture in the Dresden Gallery After a
photograph ...
His Royal patron also desired him to copy paintings by Titian , and to make
sketches for tapestries to decorate the apartments of his own palace . They were
Fig . 93 . RUBENS ' Sons . From the picture in the Dresden Gallery After a
photograph ...
Page 124
His ability as a statesman and the services he rendered in bringing about the
Peace so generally desired found everywhere due recognition . When a
successor had to be chosen in place of Don Coloma , Spanish ambassador to
the English ...
His ability as a statesman and the services he rendered in bringing about the
Peace so generally desired found everywhere due recognition . When a
successor had to be chosen in place of Don Coloma , Spanish ambassador to
the English ...
Page 134
He also gives it as his opinion that it is very desirable that an able historian
should be found for Italian Painting ; " an art which appeals to us even more
directly than that of the ancients , and of which we have as yet so imperfect a ...
He also gives it as his opinion that it is very desirable that an able historian
should be found for Italian Painting ; " an art which appeals to us even more
directly than that of the ancients , and of which we have as yet so imperfect a ...
Page 154
With reference to his artistic property he desired that the whole of it should be
sold , with the exception of his drawings , and a picture called Pelzchen ( “ the
little fur " ) , which last was left as a personal gift to his wife . It is a life - size
portrait of ...
With reference to his artistic property he desired that the whole of it should be
sold , with the exception of his drawings , and a picture called Pelzchen ( “ the
little fur " ) , which last was left as a personal gift to his wife . It is a life - size
portrait of ...
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