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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For the Count of Nassau needed a large sum of money to help his brother in the
war against the Spanish SupreFig . 4 . Democritos , from a series of antique
portrait - heads . macy . It was therefore only Engraving by L . Vostermann . ( To
page ...
For the Count of Nassau needed a large sum of money to help his brother in the
war against the Spanish SupreFig . 4 . Democritos , from a series of antique
portrait - heads . macy . It was therefore only Engraving by L . Vostermann . ( To
page ...
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... Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the
Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS
AND HANDS . II Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
... Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the
Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS
AND HANDS . II Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
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STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS . In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph
from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . (
To page 18 . ) A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma
...
STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS . In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph
from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . (
To page 18 . ) A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma
...
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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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... the classical beauty of old marbles is best proved by the profiles of a Roman
couple , now in the collection of Prince Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There
are also in the Albertina fine male and female heads drawn from the antique ,
with.
... the classical beauty of old marbles is best proved by the profiles of a Roman
couple , now in the collection of Prince Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There
are also in the Albertina fine male and female heads drawn from the antique ,
with.
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