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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The " Crowning with Thorns " , the " Crucifixion " and the " Invention of the Cross " were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9.
The " Crowning with Thorns " , the " Crucifixion " and the " Invention of the Cross " were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9.
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THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . Drawing in black and red chalk on green paper , washed and hightened with white . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . Drawing in black and red chalk on green paper , washed and hightened with white . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
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Thus the painter was at last fettered to his native land . Although he executed numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded JAN Fig . 18. THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS .
Thus the painter was at last fettered to his native land . Although he executed numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded JAN Fig . 18. THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS .
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THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS . In the Antwerp Museum . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 34. ) 135 25 as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own ...
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS . In the Antwerp Museum . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 34. ) 135 25 as a time of apprenticeship , it was on returning to his own ...
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| 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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