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 82
... lively hunter . The picture is remarkable for its subject , since mediæval representations as a rule were most unusual at that period . But Rubens , excelling in all. ( To page 81. ) MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . 82.
... lively hunter . The picture is remarkable for its subject , since mediæval representations as a rule were most unusual at that period . But Rubens , excelling in all. ( To page 81. ) MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . 82.
Page 85
... Maria de Medici , widow of Henry IV . of France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII . After taking up her residence in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings ...
... Maria de Medici , widow of Henry IV . of France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII . After taking up her residence in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings ...
Page 86
... Maria de Medici receives the Crown of France ; 11 ) The Apotheosis of the murdered King ; 12 ) The Queen's Reign ; 13 ) Her Military Campaigns at Pont de Cé ( Fig . 70 ) ; 14 ) The Exchange of the two Brides : i . e . Anna of Austria ...
... Maria de Medici receives the Crown of France ; 11 ) The Apotheosis of the murdered King ; 12 ) The Queen's Reign ; 13 ) Her Military Campaigns at Pont de Cé ( Fig . 70 ) ; 14 ) The Exchange of the two Brides : i . e . Anna of Austria ...
Page 87
... Maria de Medici , down to the day of her reconciliation with her son , could not have furnished , even to a Rubens , enough stirring and inter- Fig . 69. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA DE MEDICI BY PROXY . Sketch for the picture of the Medici ...
... Maria de Medici , down to the day of her reconciliation with her son , could not have furnished , even to a Rubens , enough stirring and inter- Fig . 69. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA DE MEDICI BY PROXY . Sketch for the picture of the Medici ...
Page 88
... Maria de Medicis by Proxy : -the old Archduke Ferdinand , as representative of the King of France stood with her before the Altar : -is still more like a picture drawn from actral fact . From an artistic point of view , it would not ...
... Maria de Medicis by Proxy : -the old Archduke Ferdinand , as representative of the King of France stood with her before the Altar : -is still more like a picture drawn from actral fact . From an artistic point of view , it would not ...
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