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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They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of
September 1609 , they created him Court - painter , with all the prerogatives
attached to that title , and an annuity of £ 500 Flemish . Thus the painter was at
last ...
They therefore commissioned him to paint their portraits , and on the 23th of
September 1609 , they created him Court - painter , with all the prerogatives
attached to that title , and an annuity of £ 500 Flemish . Thus the painter was at
last ...
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... whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to Peter
Paul Rubens in the church of St . Michael . In a charming picture , now at the
Pinakothek in Munich , the painter represents himself seated beside his young
wife ...
... whom her gallant uncle likened to the wife of Menelaus , was married to Peter
Paul Rubens in the church of St . Michael . In a charming picture , now at the
Pinakothek in Munich , the painter represents himself seated beside his young
wife ...
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Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in honour of St . Ildefonso an
aristocratic Brotherhood , to whoin he had given an altar in his own church
dedicated to “ St . James on the Kaltenberg " . The painter received a commission
to adorn ...
Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in honour of St . Ildefonso an
aristocratic Brotherhood , to whoin he had given an altar in his own church
dedicated to “ St . James on the Kaltenberg " . The painter received a commission
to adorn ...
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more than any other work , a landmark in the History of Art . From the date of its
completion Dutch and Flemish painters realized that it was no longer necessary
to go to Italy to see first rate works of art . On the two wings are painted the ...
more than any other work , a landmark in the History of Art . From the date of its
completion Dutch and Flemish painters realized that it was no longer necessary
to go to Italy to see first rate works of art . On the two wings are painted the ...
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During the first years of his married life the painter lived with his father in law : but
in 1611 he took a house of his own , reconstructed at great expense by altering a
large mansion that he had acquired in 1610 . He fashioned a sumptuous ...
During the first years of his married life the painter lived with his father in law : but
in 1611 he took a house of his own , reconstructed at great expense by altering a
large mansion that he had acquired in 1610 . He fashioned a sumptuous ...
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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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