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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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna . ( To page 30 . ) Fig . 17 . THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . Portrait of an
unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna . ( To page 30 . ) Fig . 17 . THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . Portrait of an
unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel.
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... of whom were of noble lineage . To show his gratitude for so much honour , he
painted this altar - piece without demanding any remuneration . He gave to it the
shape of an. 28 The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
... of whom were of noble lineage . To show his gratitude for so much honour , he
painted this altar - piece without demanding any remuneration . He gave to it the
shape of an. 28 The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
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In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St . Christopher . This latter
subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea
of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations : and the
...
In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St . Christopher . This latter
subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea
of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations : and the
...
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... master , - and another copy , — treated in the same way — of the Christ and
His Apostles , owned by the Duke of Lerma ; an Achilles disguised as a Woman ,
an impressive picture with. 57 The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna.
... master , - and another copy , — treated in the same way — of the Christ and
His Apostles , owned by the Duke of Lerma ; an Achilles disguised as a Woman ,
an impressive picture with. 57 The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna.
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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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