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 34
... appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and preventing it from slipping from its intended position . On one of the wings may be seen the Cen- turion , surrounded by other men on horseback , giving his orders with all the ...
... appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and preventing it from slipping from its intended position . On one of the wings may be seen the Cen- turion , surrounded by other men on horseback , giving his orders with all the ...
Page 45
... appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological paint- ing of Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel , dated 1613 ; and another delicious little night ...
... appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological paint- ing of Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel , dated 1613 ; and another delicious little night ...
Page 64
... appears also on one of the wings of the altar - piece at Malines ; while the pendant represents Tobias dragging a Fish out of the Sea , at the bidding of the Angel Raphael . Again of a different kind , though belonging to the same ...
... appears also on one of the wings of the altar - piece at Malines ; while the pendant represents Tobias dragging a Fish out of the Sea , at the bidding of the Angel Raphael . Again of a different kind , though belonging to the same ...
Page 71
... appears in an altogether different rôle , as the Personification of the Goddess of Love , — in a very carefully executed picture in the Liechtenstein - Gallery . Here her exquisite — Fig . 57 . THE FOUR CONTINENTS . In the Imperial ...
... appears in an altogether different rôle , as the Personification of the Goddess of Love , — in a very carefully executed picture in the Liechtenstein - Gallery . Here her exquisite — Fig . 57 . THE FOUR CONTINENTS . In the Imperial ...
Page 72
... appear more youthful than their companions of the older worlds ( Fig . 57 ) . - In 1620 again was executed another important altar - piece : namely , the picture now in the Antwerp - Museum , representing Christ crucified between the ...
... appear more youthful than their companions of the older worlds ( Fig . 57 ) . - In 1620 again was executed another important altar - piece : namely , the picture now in the Antwerp - Museum , representing Christ crucified between the ...
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