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Page 22
Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens' Italian periodv mention
must be made of a very fine St. Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an
Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel; a larger replica ot which is at
Dresden. In 1608 ...
Among the pictures in Germany belonging to Rubens' Italian periodv mention
must be made of a very fine St. Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an
Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel; a larger replica ot which is at
Dresden. In 1608 ...
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.
Page 70
... the chefs d'lenvre, — worthy of the fame which has always surrounded ir, — of
the Museum at Antwerp (Fig. ... favourite 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.
... the chefs d'lenvre, — worthy of the fame which has always surrounded ir, — of
the Museum at Antwerp (Fig. ... favourite 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 also,
...
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 also,
...
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,
seems ...
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,
seems ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens |
| 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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