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Excerpt from Peter Paul Rubens Rubens' paintings alone, excluding designs for en graving, number over a thousand, and embrace almost every class of subject capable of artistic handling, whether sacred or profane. Further, the manner of treat ment is as varied as are the subjects. We have compo sitions in the loftiest style, transfused with the grand renaissance spirit; on the other hand we have subjects of the utmost coarseness, depicted unfalteringly, without reserve or bound, the last word frankly said; we have love of nature, shown in tenderest landscape, and most subtle portraiture; and again, instances of pure genre, and further still, acres of decorative canvas, inspired as it would seem to modern eyes, by sycophancy alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.