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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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13. ) make great difficulty in this matter , as indeed I have not done . How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great ...
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13. ) make great difficulty in this matter , as indeed I have not done . How could I ever be so cruel as to add to your great ...
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hansstäng !, Munich . To be always thinking ( To page 13. ) of death and dreading death is worse than death itself . Therefore banish these thoughts from your heart .
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hansstäng !, Munich . To be always thinking ( To page 13. ) of death and dreading death is worse than death itself . Therefore banish these thoughts from your heart .
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PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . stay in Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 18. ) antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the ...
PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . stay in Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 18. ) antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the ...
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 22. ) KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 26. THE GARLAND OF. The Elevation of the Cross From an engraving by Witdoek.
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 22. ) KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 26. THE GARLAND OF. The Elevation of the Cross From an engraving by Witdoek.
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's “ Battle oj Anghiari ” and from ...
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's “ Battle oj Anghiari ” and from ...
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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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