RubensThis biography of Peter Paul Rubens, written by German art historian Hermann Knackfuss, is considered to be the most authoritative text on the artist since its publication. |
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Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble ...
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble ...
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In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he ...
In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he ...
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... were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9. Christ , from a series of drawings : Christ and the twelve Apostles . In the Albertina at Vienna .
... were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9. Christ , from a series of drawings : Christ and the twelve Apostles . In the Albertina at Vienna .
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His attempts to impart to his own creations something of the Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in Vienna ( Fig . 2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter ...
His attempts to impart to his own creations something of the Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in Vienna ( Fig . 2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwaab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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