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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Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial
Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J . Löwy , Vienna . Fig .
15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the.
Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial
Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J . Löwy , Vienna . Fig .
15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the.
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... and so miserably separated . . . . O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so
much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that Fig . 2 . THE APOSTLES
PETER AND Paul . Tiberius and Agrippina In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
... and so miserably separated . . . . O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so
much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that Fig . 2 . THE APOSTLES
PETER AND Paul . Tiberius and Agrippina In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
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In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by
Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 16 . ) soon
showed themselves . At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the
fact ...
In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by
Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 16 . ) soon
showed themselves . At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the
fact ...
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... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris ...
... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris ...
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On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance
in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a
free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea Mantegna , now at ...
On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance
in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a
free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea Mantegna , now at ...
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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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