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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Nay ! what do I say ? one was forced to love her , for the simple reason that she
had not one of the faults of her sex . No bad humour , no womanly weaknesses ,
nothing but loving kindness and a great sense of the fitness of things . Her virtues
...
Nay ! what do I say ? one was forced to love her , for the simple reason that she
had not one of the faults of her sex . No bad humour , no womanly weaknesses ,
nothing but loving kindness and a great sense of the fitness of things . Her virtues
...
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For this reason Rubens returned to Brussels in order to get the Archduchess '
permission to extend his travels . Even then , however , he avoided the Hague .
The Piedmontese Envoy had an interview with him at Delft , but the English ...
For this reason Rubens returned to Brussels in order to get the Archduchess '
permission to extend his travels . Even then , however , he avoided the Hague .
The Piedmontese Envoy had an interview with him at Delft , but the English ...
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For it is an alliance of different temperaments brought together contrary to their
respective natures and powers , and directed by passion rather than by reason . "
In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace , the ...
For it is an alliance of different temperaments brought together contrary to their
respective natures and powers , and directed by passion rather than by reason . "
In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace , the ...
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He was not to act publicly as Ambassador of Spain , for that appointment had
been given to Don Carlos Coloma — but was to bear the title of Ambassador from
the Archduchess Isabella . For this reason he travelled via Brussels . On the 12th
...
He was not to act publicly as Ambassador of Spain , for that appointment had
been given to Don Carlos Coloma — but was to bear the title of Ambassador from
the Archduchess Isabella . For this reason he travelled via Brussels . On the 12th
...
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... having the ground colour only laid on . Indeed they can scarcely be described
as pictures , but rather as colossal sketches done in the enthusiasm of first ideas :
which is perhaps the reason why they have so great an effect on the spectator .
... having the ground colour only laid on . Indeed they can scarcely be described
as pictures , but rather as colossal sketches done in the enthusiasm of first ideas :
which is perhaps the reason why they have so great an effect on the spectator .
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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 New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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