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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Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention
must be made of a very fine St . Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an
Incbriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica of which is at
Dresden .
Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention
must be made of a very fine St . Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an
Incbriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica of which is at
Dresden .
Page 41
More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the
figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the
cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more fascinating .
More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the
figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the
cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more fascinating .
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... one of the chefs d ' auvre , — worthy of the fame which has always surrounded
it , - of the Museum at Antwerp ( Fig . ... of his father , and a charming sketch of a
child ' s head , representing him at two years of age , is in the Museum at Berlin .
... one of the chefs d ' auvre , — worthy of the fame which has always surrounded
it , - of the Museum at Antwerp ( Fig . ... of his father , and a charming sketch of a
child ' s head , representing him at two years of age , is in the Museum at Berlin .
Page 72
Her figure , undraped , with head and shoulders enveloped in a clear shadow ,
decidedly recalls the goddess in that large and much - disputed picture of
Neptune and Amphitrite ( or Neptune and Libye ) in the Berlin Museum . In this
painting ...
Her figure , undraped , with head and shoulders enveloped in a clear shadow ,
decidedly recalls the goddess in that large and much - disputed picture of
Neptune and Amphitrite ( or Neptune and Libye ) in the Berlin Museum . In this
painting ...
Page 100
The Expulsion of Hagar by Abraham at the Hermitage , executed with the same
care , is considered to be a companion picture to the painting just described ;
whilst the beautiful and effective Resurrection of Lazarus in the Berlin Museum ...
The Expulsion of Hagar by Abraham at the Hermitage , executed with the same
care , is considered to be a companion picture to the painting just described ;
whilst the beautiful and effective Resurrection of Lazarus in the Berlin Museum ...
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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