RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 12
... Christ , supported by two angels and holding the symbols of his Passion , in the arms of God the Father above whom hovers the Holy Spirit . It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful ...
... Christ , supported by two angels and holding the symbols of his Passion , in the arms of God the Father above whom hovers the Holy Spirit . It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful ...
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... CHRIST , from a series of drawings : Christ and the twelve Apostles . In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Cie . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) they were brought to ...
... CHRIST , from a series of drawings : Christ and the twelve Apostles . In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Cie . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) they were brought to ...
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... Christ and his Twelve Apostles . These last are also still in the Madrid Gallery , but the figure of Christ himself has disappeared . Later replicas of these thirteen pictures are to be found at the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome , while a ...
... Christ and his Twelve Apostles . These last are also still in the Madrid Gallery , but the figure of Christ himself has disappeared . Later replicas of these thirteen pictures are to be found at the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome , while a ...
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... Christ in the House of Simon , which recalls Paolo Veronese : the versions of Venus and Adonis at the Hague , in Munich , and at St. Petersburg , influenced by Titian ; and the Pictà in the Collection of Prince Liechtenstein , which ...
... Christ in the House of Simon , which recalls Paolo Veronese : the versions of Venus and Adonis at the Hague , in Munich , and at St. Petersburg , influenced by Titian ; and the Pictà in the Collection of Prince Liechtenstein , which ...
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... Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other ...
... Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other ...
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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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