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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... the boat when passing under London Bridge capsized and he was drowned . It
has sometimes been suggested that Rubens himself had on this occasion
narrowly escaped drowning ; but in the letter of Lord Fig . 98 . Helena FourmenT
AS A ...
... the boat when passing under London Bridge capsized and he was drowned . It
has sometimes been suggested that Rubens himself had on this occasion
narrowly escaped drowning ; but in the letter of Lord Fig . 98 . Helena FourmenT
AS A ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 98 . Helena FourmenT AS A Brive . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . (
To page 124 . ) Dorchester relating to an English politician this incident , there.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 98 . Helena FourmenT AS A Brive . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . (
To page 124 . ) Dorchester relating to an English politician this incident , there.
Page 124
On the 6th of December 1630 Peter Paul Rubens was married to Helena
Fourment in St . James ' Church at Antwerp . He was fifty - three years of age ,
whilst his bride , the daughter of a family of merchants and related to his first wife ,
was only ...
On the 6th of December 1630 Peter Paul Rubens was married to Helena
Fourment in St . James ' Church at Antwerp . He was fifty - three years of age ,
whilst his bride , the daughter of a family of merchants and related to his first wife ,
was only ...
Page 126
... as were held by Roman Emperors , wherein to the sound of trumpets of victory ,
women and children come forth with joy , to meet the King and hail him not only
as victor but also as liberator . In Fig . 102 . Helena FOURMENT . From the van.
... as were held by Roman Emperors , wherein to the sound of trumpets of victory ,
women and children come forth with joy , to meet the King and hail him not only
as victor but also as liberator . In Fig . 102 . Helena FOURMENT . From the van.
Page 127
Helena FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at
Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . (
To page 134 . ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm -
branches ...
Helena FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at
Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ! , Munich . (
To page 134 . ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm -
branches ...
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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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