RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 106
... reason that she had not one of the faults of her sex . No bad humour , no womanly weaknesses , nothing but loving kindness and a great sense of the fitness of things . Her virtues endeared her to everyone during her life , and after her ...
... reason that she had not one of the faults of her sex . No bad humour , no womanly weaknesses , nothing but loving kindness and a great sense of the fitness of things . Her virtues endeared her to everyone during her life , and after her ...
Page 110
... reasons , which Rubens does not communicate to us in his letters , the Infanta wished that at first he should not go ... reason Rubens returned to Brussels in order to get the Arch- duchess ' permission to extend his travels . Even then ...
... reasons , which Rubens does not communicate to us in his letters , the Infanta wished that at first he should not go ... reason Rubens returned to Brussels in order to get the Arch- duchess ' permission to extend his travels . Even then ...
Page 112
... reason . " In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace , the whole matter seemed to collapse , and Gerbier was recalled to England . Fig . 92. THE ARTIST'S SONS , ALBERT AND NICHOLAS. ( To page 106. ) ( To ...
... reason . " In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace , the whole matter seemed to collapse , and Gerbier was recalled to England . Fig . 92. THE ARTIST'S SONS , ALBERT AND NICHOLAS. ( To page 106. ) ( To ...
Page 118
... reason he travelled via Brussels . On the 12th of May he reached Paris and from that visit dates probably the vigorous drawing - so true to life of the aged Maria de Medici , still in the Louvre ( Fig . 97 ) . This Queen had a fresh ...
... reason he travelled via Brussels . On the 12th of May he reached Paris and from that visit dates probably the vigorous drawing - so true to life of the aged Maria de Medici , still in the Louvre ( Fig . 97 ) . This Queen had a fresh ...
Page 127
... only laid on . Indeed they can scarcely be described as pictures , but rather as colossal sketches done in the enthusiasm of first ideas : which is perhaps the reason why It seems , ― they have so great an effect. 127.
... only laid on . Indeed they can scarcely be described as pictures , but rather as colossal sketches done in the enthusiasm of first ideas : which is perhaps the reason why It seems , ― they have so great an effect. 127.
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