RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 122
... Peter Paul Rubens as Archducal Ambassador was knighted by Charles I. The ceremony took place as usual at Whitehall , with all the necessary pomp displayed on such occasions : and , after receiving this dignity the King with his own hand ...
... Peter Paul Rubens as Archducal Ambassador was knighted by Charles I. The ceremony took place as usual at Whitehall , with all the necessary pomp displayed on such occasions : and , after receiving this dignity the King with his own hand ...
Page 124
... 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 sixteen . Her ...
... 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 sixteen . Her ...
Page 146
... Peter Paul . The fifth child of this marriage Constantia Albertina was born in January 1641 , eight months after her father's death . When little Francis was three years old Rubens painted the charming portrait group of the mother and ...
... Peter Paul . The fifth child of this marriage Constantia Albertina was born in January 1641 , eight months after her father's death . When little Francis was three years old Rubens painted the charming portrait group of the mother and ...
Page 148
... Peter Paul the Younger , who , though very closely resembling his elder brother , appears to be somewhat more delicate . The plump little maiden on her mother's left hand seems to be jealous of the attention paid to her little brother ...
... Peter Paul the Younger , who , though very closely resembling his elder brother , appears to be somewhat more delicate . The plump little maiden on her mother's left hand seems to be jealous of the attention paid to her little brother ...
Page 150
... Peter's life , I should select his Cruci- fixion : -that moment when he is being nailed to the cross with his feet upper- most . It seems to me that this would give me an opportunity to create something really remarkable . But I leave ...
... Peter's life , I should select his Cruci- fixion : -that moment when he is being nailed to the cross with his feet upper- most . It seems to me that this would give me an opportunity to create something really remarkable . But I leave ...
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