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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Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed as thorough a knowledge Fig . 31 . Iyusgravat are of the histories of Roman and ...
Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed as thorough a knowledge Fig . 31 . Iyusgravat are of the histories of Roman and ...
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by ...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by ...
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In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) . It was , however , only for expedition , and because he was so overburdened with work ...
In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) . It was , however , only for expedition , and because he was so overburdened with work ...
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... which is still in situ , are scenes from the lives of the two SS . John : the Baptist and the Evangelist . Cardinal Richelieu offered 10,000 forins for these works alone , but the parishionors firmly declined his offer .
... which is still in situ , are scenes from the lives of the two SS . John : the Baptist and the Evangelist . Cardinal Richelieu offered 10,000 forins for these works alone , but the parishionors firmly declined his offer .
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... and St. John shrink away from the mournful scene ; whilst Mary Magdalen , clinging to the cross and resting her head and body against it , holds up her white arms to ward off the Roman with his cruel weapon ( Fig . 58 ) .
... and St. John shrink away from the mournful scene ; whilst Mary Magdalen , clinging to the cross and resting her head and body against it , holds up her white arms to ward off the Roman with his cruel weapon ( Fig . 58 ) .
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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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