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 13
... perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per ...
... perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per ...
Page 34
... is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered perhaps Fig . 27. THE PICTURE OF CERES . In the 34.
... is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered perhaps Fig . 27. THE PICTURE OF CERES . In the 34.
Page 41
... perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse Fig . 32. FAUN AND DIANA ( THE GIFTS OF AUTUMN ) . In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by ...
... perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse Fig . 32. FAUN AND DIANA ( THE GIFTS OF AUTUMN ) . In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by ...
Page 42
... perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with hastily - drawn , but none the less charming , Cupids in a great ...
... perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with hastily - drawn , but none the less charming , Cupids in a great ...
Page 54
... perhaps less in the profusion of rising and falling bodies , than in the general effect of the whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed ...
... perhaps less in the profusion of rising and falling bodies , than in the general effect of the whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed ...
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