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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Page 109
He had very much at heart the completion of that “ beautiful masterwork ” as he described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ...
He had very much at heart the completion of that “ beautiful masterwork ” as he described it in a letter to Buckingham , the Reconciliation between Spain and England . After a conference at Brussels with the Abate della Scaglia ...
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THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . In the Collection of Drawings in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 104. ) matters of State should only be sent ...
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM . In the Collection of Drawings in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 104. ) matters of State should only be sent ...
Page 114
He however , once more commenced diplomatic action when the Marquis Spinola went to Madrid in the beginning of 1628 , and in the month of March of that year wrote to Buckingham in connection with a letter from Spinola at Madrid ...
He however , once more commenced diplomatic action when the Marquis Spinola went to Madrid in the beginning of 1628 , and in the month of March of that year wrote to Buckingham in connection with a letter from Spinola at Madrid ...
Page 118
The assassination of the Duke of Buckingham on August 23. 1628 had put an untimely end to the negotiations between this unfortunate nobleman and the painter . No records have come down to us of the conversations which took place between ...
The assassination of the Duke of Buckingham on August 23. 1628 had put an untimely end to the negotiations between this unfortunate nobleman and the painter . No records have come down to us of the conversations which took place between ...
Page 119
The friend of both Buckingham and Carlisle , he was a most welcome ambassador at the English court , and one who did not need the warm recommendations with which Coloma and Scaglia had furnished him . Moreover the unfortunate Charles ...
The friend of both Buckingham and Carlisle , he was a most welcome ambassador at the English court , and one who did not need the warm recommendations with which Coloma and Scaglia had furnished him . Moreover the unfortunate Charles ...
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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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