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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RUBENS BY H. KNACKFUSS TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH
122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS SK BIELEFELD AND
LEIPZIG VEL HAGEN & KLASING NEW YORK . LEMCKE & BUECHNER 1904 ...
RUBENS BY H. KNACKFUSS TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH
122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS SK BIELEFELD AND
LEIPZIG VEL HAGEN & KLASING NEW YORK . LEMCKE & BUECHNER 1904 ...
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Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun
, Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the
same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble gentlemen could ...
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun
, Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the
same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble gentlemen could ...
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... 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. CHRIST , from a series of drawings : Christ and the twelve Apostles
.
... 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. CHRIST , from a series of drawings : Christ and the twelve Apostles
.
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At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's
Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to impart to his own creations
something of the Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a
drawing ...
At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's
Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to impart to his own creations
something of the Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a
drawing ...
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Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold
marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such impressions that he
executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by
...
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold
marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such impressions that he
executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by
...
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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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