RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 114
... letter from Spinola at Madrid , that " Philip IV . , who had no real confidence in France , would be very much inclined to make peace with those with whom he was at war " . In May the artist was visited at Antwerp by the Earl of ...
... letter from Spinola at Madrid , that " Philip IV . , who had no real confidence in France , would be very much inclined to make peace with those with whom he was at war " . In May the artist was visited at Antwerp by the Earl of ...
Page 118
... letters of a particularly intimate nature . - During his sojourn in Madrid Rubens ' political activity was continually to the fore ; although he was specially honoured also as a great artist , of whom the King was proud . In the ...
... letters of a particularly intimate nature . - During his sojourn in Madrid Rubens ' political activity was continually to the fore ; although he was specially honoured also as a great artist , of whom the King was proud . In the ...
Page 120
... 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 BRIDE . In. ( To page 118. ) ( To page 126. ) 120.
... 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 BRIDE . In. ( To page 118. ) ( To page 126. ) 120.
Page 123
... letter to another English Statesman ; and he adds the following words : " Rubens is known among us as too honorable a man ever to tell an untruth . " His ability. ( To page 126. ) Fig . 110. THE BOAR - HUNT , In the. 123.
... letter to another English Statesman ; and he adds the following words : " Rubens is known among us as too honorable a man ever to tell an untruth . " His ability. ( To page 126. ) Fig . 110. THE BOAR - HUNT , In the. 123.
Page 124
... letters of his friend Balthasar Moretus we may see that in course of time he had become so shrewd a man of business , that he plainly and with much practical sense regulated the size of a painting and the number of figures according to ...
... letters of his friend Balthasar Moretus we may see that in course of time he had become so shrewd a man of business , that he plainly and with much practical sense regulated the size of a painting and the number of figures according to ...
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