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Show Prince the Mother of Wonderful Artist Danders fittingly celebrated the three hundred aud fiftieth aunlrer-tary aunlrer-tary of the birth of I'lerre I'aul Hu-bens, Hu-bens, the most glorious of her sons. Few men are so universally known ts Rubens. This chiefly through the great number of bis palntlugs, scattered scat-tered all through the world, and also his voluminous correspondence existing exist-ing In Spanish, Belgian, French, English Eng-lish and Dutch libraries. Hecent researches re-searches have brought out very curious curi-ous revelations oa the origin of Itubens. ' It appears that his futher, Jan Ku-bens, Ku-bens, had a llusoo with Anna of Saxony, Sax-ony, wife of the great Wlllluia the Silent, prince of Orange. I'lerre Paul was the son born of this Illicit union. The child was not recognized by Orange, Or-ange, who subsequently divorced bis wife. The legitimate wife of Jim Rubens adopted the boy. Rut the pulssunt , family of the Oranges never forgave the young painter for being allied with them by blood. They persecuted Mm all his life, according to uew revelations. rev-elations. Chicago Jeurnul. |