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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... much repainted , found its way in 1876 to the Gallery of Antwerp . In the year
1605 the Emperor Rudolf II . commissioned Rubens to copy two pictures by
Correggio . In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to paint an altar -
piece for ...
... much repainted , found its way in 1876 to the Gallery of Antwerp . In the year
1605 the Emperor Rudolf II . commissioned Rubens to copy two pictures by
Correggio . In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to paint an altar -
piece for ...
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This plan he subsequently carried out in conjunction with N . Rykemans ; and a
collection of etchings , including no less than 136 plates of the “ Palazzi di
Genova ” , appeared at Antwerp in two separate Fig . 13 . THE RIVERGOD TIBER
( OR ...
This plan he subsequently carried out in conjunction with N . Rykemans ; and a
collection of etchings , including no less than 136 plates of the “ Palazzi di
Genova ” , appeared at Antwerp in two separate Fig . 13 . THE RIVERGOD TIBER
( OR ...
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In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
In the autumn of 1608 he received alarming accounts of the health of this beloved
parent : wherefore he at once took leave of the Duke of Mantua and travelled
back by the shortest route to Antwerp . But he arrived too late to find her alive : for
...
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In the Antwerp Museum . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément
& Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 34 . ) as a time of
apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really discovered
his talent ...
In the Antwerp Museum . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément
& Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 34 . ) as a time of
apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own country that he really discovered
his talent ...
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Philip Rubens , the only one of his four brothers who had survived , held the
office of Secretary of State at Antwerp . Two portrais of him by Peter - Paul exist ,
one of which is in the Pinakothek at Munich ; whilst the other representing both ...
Philip Rubens , the only one of his four brothers who had survived , held the
office of Secretary of State at Antwerp . Two portrais of him by Peter - Paul exist ,
one of which is in the Pinakothek at Munich ; whilst the other representing both ...
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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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