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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Hermann Knackfuss. RUBENS BY H. KNACKFUSS TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH 122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS K BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING 1904 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 517724 A ASTOR , LENOX.
Hermann Knackfuss. RUBENS BY H. KNACKFUSS TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH 122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS K BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING 1904 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 517724 A ASTOR , LENOX.
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... picture now extant can with any certainty be attributed to him . For another four years Rubens studied with van Veen , at that time regarded as " the Prince of Flemish Painting " . This very learned and distinguished man , whose family ...
... picture now extant can with any certainty be attributed to him . For another four years Rubens studied with van Veen , at that time regarded as " the Prince of Flemish Painting " . This very learned and distinguished man , whose family ...
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... picture taken as a whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to ...
... picture taken as a whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to ...
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... pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip ...
... pictures . In the year 1601 he was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip ...
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... own language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty . On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely. 15.
... own language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty . On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely. 15.
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