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 91
There still exists a letter from him , addressed to Paris . It is without date , so that
we do not know whether it refers to his first visit there , or to a second , which he
undertook in order to finish the paintings : , or perhaps to a subsequent stay in the
...
There still exists a letter from him , addressed to Paris . It is without date , so that
we do not know whether it refers to his first visit there , or to a second , which he
undertook in order to finish the paintings : , or perhaps to a subsequent stay in the
...
Page 101
There is a passage in a letter dated Oct . 13 , 1624 from the English Ambassador
at Brussels , William Trumball , which shows that influential persons seemed to
give great weight to the efforts exercised in that direction by so distinguished and
...
There is a passage in a letter dated Oct . 13 , 1624 from the English Ambassador
at Brussels , William Trumball , which shows that influential persons seemed to
give great weight to the efforts exercised in that direction by so distinguished and
...
Page 106
What she had been to him is best described in his own words , written in a letter
dated July 15th of that year . " Truly , ” he says , “ I have lost a most exceptional
companion . One could not do otherwise than love her . Nay ! what do I say ? one
...
What she had been to him is best described in his own words , written in a letter
dated July 15th of that year . " Truly , ” he says , “ I have lost a most exceptional
companion . One could not do otherwise than love her . Nay ! what do I say ? one
...
Page 109
He had very much at heart the completion of that “ beautiful masterwork ” as he
described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and
England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ,
Ambassador ...
He had very much at heart the completion of that “ beautiful masterwork ” as he
described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and
England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ,
Ambassador ...
Page 110
... which Rubens does not communicate to us in his letters , the Infanta wished
that at first he should not go beyond Zevenberghen in the North Brabant ; but
Carleton , on the other hand , was afraid that a meeting between Gerbier and
Rubens ...
... which Rubens does not communicate to us in his letters , the Infanta wished
that at first he should not go beyond Zevenberghen in the North Brabant ; but
Carleton , on the other hand , was afraid that a meeting between Gerbier and
Rubens ...
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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