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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Rubens was occupied in the year 1633 in executing a number of portraits for his
old friend , the publisher Balthasar Moretus . Some were of relations ; others of
celebrated men of past and present . Moretus ' residence , now known as the ...
Rubens was occupied in the year 1633 in executing a number of portraits for his
old friend , the publisher Balthasar Moretus . Some were of relations ; others of
celebrated men of past and present . Moretus ' residence , now known as the ...
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Characteristic utterances on the part of contemporaries have come down to us in
the shape of letters of condolence , written to his old friend Balthasar Moretus ,
and still preserved in the Plantin - Moretus Museum . “ He was the most learned ...
Characteristic utterances on the part of contemporaries have come down to us in
the shape of letters of condolence , written to his old friend Balthasar Moretus ,
and still preserved in the Plantin - Moretus Museum . “ He was the most learned ...
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Moretus , Balthasar , 10 , 39 , 44 , 56 , 124 , 134 , 154 . Geværts , Johann Caspar
, 118 , 138 , 141 , 156 . Munich , Pinakothek , Ahasverus and Esther , 47 . Ghent
Museum , St . Francis receiving the Stig - ' Apotheosis , 22 . mata , 146 .
Moretus , Balthasar , 10 , 39 , 44 , 56 , 124 , 134 , 154 . Geværts , Johann Caspar
, 118 , 138 , 141 , 156 . Munich , Pinakothek , Ahasverus and Esther , 47 . Ghent
Museum , St . Francis receiving the Stig - ' Apotheosis , 22 . mata , 146 .
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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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