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Page 13
... Rubens . " Ah ! " he sighed , as he was taken away , " I shall never be able to paint like that . " He went home and endeavoured to imitate what he had seen , and also produced an original composition of his own , which Daines ...
... Rubens . " Ah ! " he sighed , as he was taken away , " I shall never be able to paint like that . " He went home and endeavoured to imitate what he had seen , and also produced an original composition of his own , which Daines ...
Page 47
... Rubens , Du Fresnoy , Metelli , Flemael , Lairesse , Koeck , Parrocel , Franquaert , De Laar , Koeberger , Van Mander , Schooréel , Hoefnaeghel , Vanderhelst , Lobkowitz , Wynants , Vromans , Victoria , Quellinus , El Greco , Mengs ...
... Rubens , Du Fresnoy , Metelli , Flemael , Lairesse , Koeck , Parrocel , Franquaert , De Laar , Koeberger , Van Mander , Schooréel , Hoefnaeghel , Vanderhelst , Lobkowitz , Wynants , Vromans , Victoria , Quellinus , El Greco , Mengs ...
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... RUBENS Consecrated his hours of recreation to the belles lettres , and , as M. Des- camps expresses it , he awoke and retired to rest with the Muses . It is related of him , that one day while at work upon a composition representing the ...
... RUBENS Consecrated his hours of recreation to the belles lettres , and , as M. Des- camps expresses it , he awoke and retired to rest with the Muses . It is related of him , that one day while at work upon a composition representing the ...
Page 55
... Rubens ' recitation of the passage had been over- heard by the Duke of Mantua , who entered the room smiling , and thinking to embarrass the painter , whose knowledge of Latin he probably conceived was confined to the recollection of a ...
... Rubens ' recitation of the passage had been over- heard by the Duke of Mantua , who entered the room smiling , and thinking to embarrass the painter , whose knowledge of Latin he probably conceived was confined to the recollection of a ...
Page 66
... Rubens , Titian , Alonso Cano , Ghirlandajo , Salvator Rosa , West , Colleoni , Michael Angelo , Seymour , Vandyck , Nicholas Poussin , Tinto- retto , Philippe de Champagne , Pablo de Cespedes , Bacici , De Poindre , Guido , Rubens ...
... Rubens , Titian , Alonso Cano , Ghirlandajo , Salvator Rosa , West , Colleoni , Michael Angelo , Seymour , Vandyck , Nicholas Poussin , Tinto- retto , Philippe de Champagne , Pablo de Cespedes , Bacici , De Poindre , Guido , Rubens ...
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