RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 5
... given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors of Rubens had for centuries been settled in Antwerp as respectable burghers ...
... given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors of Rubens had for centuries been settled in Antwerp as respectable burghers ...
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... given of it , identified with the fine picture now in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg , sometimes designated as the Tiber , sometimes , on account of the tiger depicted on one side - also as the Tigris . The figure of Abundance is of ...
... given of it , identified with the fine picture now in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg , sometimes designated as the Tiber , sometimes , on account of the tiger depicted on one side - also as the Tigris . The figure of Abundance is of ...
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... given an altar in his own church dedicated to " St. James on the Kaltenberg " . The painter received a commission to adorn this altar and , although but a commoner by birth , he was elected a member by this Brotherhood , all of whom ...
... given an altar in his own church dedicated to " St. James on the Kaltenberg " . The painter received a commission to adorn this altar and , although but a commoner by birth , he was elected a member by this Brotherhood , all of whom ...
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... given over to passion and desire . " Contemporary artists have often depicted Rubens ' establishment . Even Van Dyck did not think it unworthy of his genius to illustrate his masters ' dining room ; a painting now in the Museum at ...
... given over to passion and desire . " Contemporary artists have often depicted Rubens ' establishment . Even Van Dyck did not think it unworthy of his genius to illustrate his masters ' dining room ; a painting now in the Museum at ...
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... given to that army whose leader should perish . In the second painting the Sooth- sayers devoutly consult the omens in the sacrifice , recognizing therein the evil prospects of the Romans : which determines Decius Mus to devote him ...
... given to that army whose leader should perish . In the second painting the Sooth- sayers devoutly consult the omens in the sacrifice , recognizing therein the evil prospects of the Romans : which determines Decius Mus to devote him ...
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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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