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Dictionary of painters and engravers (1903)

Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821, Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942 · London, G. Bell · leaf 499

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rests on slender foundations. Atthe age of nineteen Rubens was transferred to thestudio of Otto van Veen—often called Otho Venius—a man descended illegitimately from a noblefamily, who had been military engineer to AlexanderFarnese, and, after studying under Zucchero atRome, had been appointed… … // ■/ f.lttit/ /rrm (~hf Crrv PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. 1600, consequently, having been made free of theGuild in 1598, Rubens set out for Italy. Nothingis on record of the incidents of his journey or ofhis arrival, beyond the circumstance that at Venicehe became known to the magnificent…

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