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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ) .
In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) .
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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 florins ...
... 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 florins ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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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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