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 22
... master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage Christ in the House of Simon , which recalls Paolo Veronese : the versions of Venus and Adonis at the Hague , in Munich , and ...
... master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage Christ in the House of Simon , which recalls Paolo Veronese : the versions of Venus and Adonis at the Hague , in Munich , and ...
Page 34
... pieces were sold separately in the 18th century by order of the church - authorities . A still more powerful picture is the Descent from the Cross , which the master ... master's pupils : and that , after the completion of the picture , 8 ...
... pieces were sold separately in the 18th century by order of the church - authorities . A still more powerful picture is the Descent from the Cross , which the master ... master's pupils : and that , after the completion of the picture , 8 ...
Page 56
... master ( Fig . 43 ) . The work of pupils is unmistakeable in the larger picture at Munich : and the same is the case with two other altar - pieces executed also for the Prince Palatine . some years later : the Nativity and the Descent ...
... master ( Fig . 43 ) . The work of pupils is unmistakeable in the larger picture at Munich : and the same is the case with two other altar - pieces executed also for the Prince Palatine . some years later : the Nativity and the Descent ...
Page 76
... pieces for it : but it was now chiefly the painting of the ceiling , which had to be considered . For this purpose ... master himself . Only in a very few instances has it been permitted to an artist to deco- rate pictorially ...
... pieces for it : but it was now chiefly the painting of the ceiling , which had to be considered . For this purpose ... master himself . Only in a very few instances has it been permitted to an artist to deco- rate pictorially ...
Page 78
... pieces which were almost entirely the work of the master's own hand . They were bought by the Empress Maria Theresa ... master - pieces , which , from their general conception and expressive power , from their colouring and effect of ...
... pieces which were almost entirely the work of the master's own hand . They were bought by the Empress Maria Theresa ... master - pieces , which , from their general conception and expressive power , from their colouring and effect of ...
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