Rubens
by S. L. Bensusan
Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1908
ISBN/ASIN: B008PVCVOO
Number of pages: 106
Description:
The name of Peter Paul Rubens is written so large in the history of European art, that all the efforts of detractors have failed to stem the tide of appreciation that flows towards it. Rubens was a great master in nearly every pictorial sense of the term.
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