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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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 , and with their
Patrons ...
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 , and with their
Patrons ...
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We ought also to relate here a pleasing anecdote : how She once assembled into
the artist ' s presence all her court - ladies to obtain his opinion on their respective
beauty ; and how the lady who seemed. and as a stately matron.
We ought also to relate here a pleasing anecdote : how She once assembled into
the artist ' s presence all her court - ladies to obtain his opinion on their respective
beauty ; and how the lady who seemed. and as a stately matron.
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This certainly seems to have been the case with a drawing of one of the
Archduchess Isabella ' s fascinating ladies - in - waiting ; a sketch which belongs
to the artist ' s early period ( Fig . 76 ) : and also with another of a French Marquis
, whose ...
This certainly seems to have been the case with a drawing of one of the
Archduchess Isabella ' s fascinating ladies - in - waiting ; a sketch which belongs
to the artist ' s early period ( Fig . 76 ) : and also with another of a French Marquis
, whose ...
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A number of elegant cavaliers and ladies ... Here we do not find as in the first
composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the spontaneous freedom
expressed in their gestures are restrained in their behaviour ; but nymphs and
satyrs ...
A number of elegant cavaliers and ladies ... Here we do not find as in the first
composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the spontaneous freedom
expressed in their gestures are restrained in their behaviour ; but nymphs and
satyrs ...
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... but composed with much greater freedom is now in the Imperial Museum at
Vienna under the name of the Rural Feast , wherein , in the foreground a number
of elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen are revelling in social pastimes .
... but composed with much greater freedom is now in the Imperial Museum at
Vienna under the name of the Rural Feast , wherein , in the foreground a number
of elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen are revelling in social pastimes .
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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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