Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 186
dip-lomat as well as a great painter, was born at Siegen in 1~>77. Hisfather was one of the two principal magistrates of the city of Ant-werp, and his mother, whose name was Mary Pypeling, belongedto a distinguished family. When the artist was burn, his familyhad been forced to leave Antwerp on… … PETER PAUL RUBENS. (FROM A PORTRAIT PAINTED BY HIMSELF.) STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 169 Rubens was a scholar from his early days, and his talent fordrawing soon decided him to be a painter. He studied his art firstin the school of Adam van Noort, where he was thoroughly trainedin the first…
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