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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... where he made a name for himself ; whilst the other , who first saw the light on the 29th of June 1577 , on account of the date of his birth , received at the font the names of the two great Apostles : Peter and Paul .
... where he made a name for himself ; whilst the other , who first saw the light on the 29th of June 1577 , on account of the date of his birth , received at the font the names of the two great Apostles : Peter and Paul .
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And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was ...
And it was probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was ...
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Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght , under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his ...
Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght , under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his ...
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In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was admitted into the guild of St. Luke . We do not know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings .
In 1598 Peter Paul Rubens was admitted into the guild of St. Luke . We do not know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings .
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... Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young ...
... Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young ...
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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 University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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