"Rubens" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... picture; but how in the name of mystery had Peggy managed to produce them? Eunice discussed the question with Mellicent in the pause during which they were requested to "look the other way," and had reached the solution of goloshes and ribbon, when "Gloriana, by Rubens!" was introduced to ...
— More About Peggy • Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey
... she asked, in the ironical tone she now habitually used to him. "You look just as if you were posing for the John in a Rubens Crucifixion.—Feel shaky? No? You ought to, you know. One plays all the better for it.—Well, good luck to you! I'll hold ...
— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson
... when the cat and the mouse come together!' Collection seventy-three dollars. The Mendians were invited by Mr. Burleigh to see a large picture exhibiting here—'The Descent of Christ from the Cross,' copied from Rubens—and were highly gratified. ...
— A Visit To The United States In 1841 • Joseph Sturge
... "Rubens copied from Leonardo's, a group of four horsemen fighting for a standard: this is engraved by Edelingk, and is just sufficient to make us bitterly deplore the loss of this rich ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 • Various
... appeared in his turn behind his master, with the musketoon on his shoulder, and his head shaking. Like one of those drunken satyrs in the pictures of Rubens. He was moistened before and behind with a greasy liquid which the host recognized as his ...
— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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