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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It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather , for it rained uncessantly for ...
It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather , for it rained uncessantly for ...
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When some time afterwards he ended his life on the scaffold , it passed into the possession of King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21 . PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN MAN . In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from the ...
When some time afterwards he ended his life on the scaffold , it passed into the possession of King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21 . PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN MAN . In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from the ...
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He found therein an opportunity for rich display and picturesque profusion : representing the Oriental Kings with great ... The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the ...
He found therein an opportunity for rich display and picturesque profusion : representing the Oriental Kings with great ... The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the ...
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The angels of the Lord breaking through the dark clouds and bringing death and consternation upon the cavalry of the King of Assyria , are painted with unusual force ( Fig . 47 ) . A divine punishment , and a hero's expiatory self ...
The angels of the Lord breaking through the dark clouds and bringing death and consternation upon the cavalry of the King of Assyria , are painted with unusual force ( Fig . 47 ) . A divine punishment , and a hero's expiatory self ...
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Before her kneels the Prodigal Son ; beside whom Mary Magdalene gazes up at the Infant Christ with pious fervour , her beautiful hands crosssed on her bosom ; and near her is King David , no less remarkable for his expressive ...
Before her kneels the Prodigal Son ; beside whom Mary Magdalene gazes up at the Infant Christ with pious fervour , her beautiful hands crosssed on her bosom ; and near her is King David , no less remarkable for his expressive ...
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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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