Peter Paul Rubens

"done entirely by my hand.. ..done by the hand of a master skillfull in that department.. ..but this one not being finished, would be entirely retouched by my own hand, and by this means would pass as …"

"Rubenshuis in Antwerp, is the former house of Rubens, now converted into a museum."

"290 of images by the artist, and more."

"Rubens' palette and painting materials, with bibliography"

"I have neither time to live nor to write. I am therefore cheating my art by stealing a few evening hours to write this most inadequate and negligent reply to the courteous and elegant letters of yours…"

"I should not base it on the estimate of Rome but leave it to the discretion of His Highness .. ..though the figures are saints, they have no special attributes or insignia that could not be applied to…"

"I was not yet inclined to live the life of a celibate.. ..I have taken a young wife of honest but middle-class family although everyone tried to persuade me to make a court marriage. But I feared prid…"

"Nearby.. ..are monsters personifying Pestilence and Famine, those inseparable partners of War. On the ground, turning her back, lies a woman with a broken lute representing Harmony.. .here is also a m…"