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 began the letter in Flemish , but as soon as he begins to discuss the
subject of the learned treatise he gives his opinion in Latin , taking up the Flemish
again only towards the end , which concludes with a few friendly words . The
great ...
Rubens began the letter in Flemish , but as soon as he begins to discuss the
subject of the learned treatise he gives his opinion in Latin , taking up the Flemish
again only towards the end , which concludes with a few friendly words . The
great ...
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reason , to the English alchemist Brendel , who proposed to teach him the art of
making gold , that he had learned this art with his brush long before . His eldest
son Albrecht received , as a special legacy , his books , whilst to his son Nicholas
...
reason , to the English alchemist Brendel , who proposed to teach him the art of
making gold , that he had learned this art with his brush long before . His eldest
son Albrecht received , as a special legacy , his books , whilst to his son Nicholas
...
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He was the most learned painter of the world ” wrote the Abbé Philip Chifflet . The
best panegyric , however , pronounced on the death of this great painter , whose
greatest achievements in life after all had been in the realm of Sacred Art , was ...
He was the most learned painter of the world ” wrote the Abbé Philip Chifflet . The
best panegyric , however , pronounced on the death of this great painter , whose
greatest achievements in life after all had been in the realm of Sacred Art , was ...
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Sculptors and architects also learned from him ; whilst , as we have seen , the
reproduction of his designs perfected the Art of wood - carving in Belgium at a
time when no artistic wood - cuts existed anywhere else . The broad lines , which
give ...
Sculptors and architects also learned from him ; whilst , as we have seen , the
reproduction of his designs perfected the Art of wood - carving in Belgium at a
time when no artistic wood - cuts existed anywhere else . The broad lines , which
give ...
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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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