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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2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter and Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the ...
2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter and Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the ...
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which are still to be seen over the high - altar , representing the Queen of Heaven with three Saints on either hand . He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the ...
which are still to be seen over the high - altar , representing the Queen of Heaven with three Saints on either hand . He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the ...
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Virgin - Saints stand on cither side of the throne as ladies in waiting , whilst in a flood of light child - angels joyously hover around it . In the two wings the Archduke and his Archduchess on their knees , clad in royal robes ...
Virgin - Saints stand on cither side of the throne as ladies in waiting , whilst in a flood of light child - angels joyously hover around it . In the two wings the Archduke and his Archduchess on their knees , clad in royal robes ...
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Rubens painted in 1612 a picture of the Resurrection , with figures of Saints and Angels on the side wings , for his friend Balthasar Moretus . This work was intended to be placed over the tomb of Moretus ' father in the Antwerp ...
Rubens painted in 1612 a picture of the Resurrection , with figures of Saints and Angels on the side wings , for his friend Balthasar Moretus . This work was intended to be placed over the tomb of Moretus ' father in the Antwerp ...
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His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , —the favourite female Saint of the painter , — whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries - Fig . 36. HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at ...
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , —the favourite female Saint of the painter , — whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries - Fig . 36. HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at ...
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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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