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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For this I beseech him from the bottom of my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may strengthen and comfort you with his Holy Spirit . I shall continually pray for you ; and so also do our little children , who send their ...
For this I beseech him from the bottom of my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may strengthen and comfort you with his Holy Spirit . I shall continually pray for you ; and so also do our little children , who send their ...
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We do not know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings . It represents the Dead Christ , supported by two angels and holding the symbols ...
We do not know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings . It represents the Dead Christ , supported by two angels and holding the symbols ...
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Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his ...
Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his ...
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24. STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 42. ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS .
24. STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 42. ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS .
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MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS . In the Louvre . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 42. ) unique in the history of art . On the outer side of the two wings he also ...
MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS . In the Louvre . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 42. ) unique in the history of art . On the outer side of the two wings he also ...
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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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