CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xv
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. 1603–1608 Rubens in Italy Mission to Spain 19
7. PART II. 1609–1621 The Twelve Years’ Truce The Antwerp Studio The Carleton Correspondence 47
8. PART III. 1622–1626 Rubens in Paris The Medici Gallery The Peiresc Correspondence Entry into Politics 79
9. PART IV. 1627 The Gerbier Negotiations The Dupuy Correspondence 161
10. PART V. 1628 (January-August) Resumption of Anglo-Spanish Negotiations The Siege of La Rochelle The Mantuan Succession 221
11. PART VI. 1628–1629 Rubens in Madrid Rubens in London 283
12. PART VII. 1630–1640 Return to Flanders Last Missions Retirement from Politics 357
13. APPENDIX SELECTED ORIGINAL TEXTS 419
14. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE NOTES
15. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 433
16. NOTES 435
17. LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS 513
18. INDEX 515