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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... is uncertain when - two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14 . RUBENS AND HIS WIFE Isabella BRANT.
... is uncertain when - two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14 . RUBENS AND HIS WIFE Isabella BRANT.
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RUBENS AND HIS WIFE Isabella BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens ...
RUBENS AND HIS WIFE Isabella BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens ...
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On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young beauty , 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 ...
On the 13th of October 1607 , his daughter Isabella , a delicate young beauty , 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 ...
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... while the work was proceeding , 9 florins , 10 stübers were spent on wine for the master's pupils : and that , after the completion of the picture , 8 florins 10 stübers were paid for a pair of gloves as a present for his wife .
... while the work was proceeding , 9 florins , 10 stübers were spent on wine for the master's pupils : and that , after the completion of the picture , 8 florins 10 stübers were paid for a pair of gloves as a present for his wife .
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It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no resemblance whatever to the darkhaired Isabella Brant .
It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no resemblance whatever to the darkhaired Isabella Brant .
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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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