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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He never left Cologne again , but died on the 1st of March 1587 , and was buried there in the church of St. Peter . When we think of these sad family - events we cannot read without emotion the eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate ...
He never left Cologne again , but died on the 1st of March 1587 , and was buried there in the church of St. Peter . When we think of these sad family - events we cannot read without emotion the eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate ...
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The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta . Croce . in Gerusalemme in Rome had also been conferred upon him . He availed himself therefore of the opportunity afforded him by the presence in the Eternal City of so artistically gifted a ...
The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta . Croce . in Gerusalemme in Rome had also been conferred upon him . He availed himself therefore of the opportunity afforded him by the presence in the Eternal City of so artistically gifted a ...
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At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit - Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the ...
At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit - Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the ...
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For the Jesuit -church ( St. Ambrogio ) at Genoa he painted - it is uncertain when - two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a ...
For the Jesuit -church ( St. Ambrogio ) at Genoa he painted - it is uncertain when - two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a ...
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He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to ...
He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to ...
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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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