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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Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan horses , could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain ...
Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan horses , could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain ...
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... begun by a pupil , but repainted entirely by the 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.
... begun by a pupil , but repainted entirely by the 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.
Page 58
Rubens mentions in the letter , in which he consents to this proposition that he had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures ; “ since everyone ...
Rubens mentions in the letter , in which he consents to this proposition that he had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently would have much preferred to pay entirely with pictures ; “ since everyone ...
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The famous picture in the Antwerp Museum known under the name of Le Christ sur la Paille , which has the special merit of being painted entirely by himself , is one of the religious pictures executed by him at that time .
The famous picture in the Antwerp Museum known under the name of Le Christ sur la Paille , which has the special merit of being painted entirely by himself , is one of the religious pictures executed by him at that time .
Page 78
Fortunately it was possible to save from destruction the three great altar - pieces which were almost entirely the work of the master's own hand . They were bought by the Empress Maria Theresa and are now in the Imperial Museum at ...
Fortunately it was possible to save from destruction the three great altar - pieces which were almost entirely the work of the master's own hand . They were bought by the Empress Maria Theresa and are now in the Imperial Museum 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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