Rubens: A Double Life

by Marie-Anne Lescourret

Overview

A vivid portrait of Rubens's enormous life against a background of the turbulent history of his times. Without neglecting his paintings, Ms. Lescourret also gives the reader a fascinating picture of Rubens's career as an accomplished diplomat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566630153
Publisher:	Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Publication date:	07/01/1993
Edition description:	1st American ed
Pages:	301
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.48(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Marie-Anne Lescourret studied musicology and philosophy at Munich, Cornell, and Oxford, and as a journalist in Paris has written chiefly about music. She has translated into French the works of Wittegenstein and other contemporary philosophers.

Editorial Reviews

A fine portrait of the artist...provides some much needed insight into his life.

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