RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 9
... infant was destined to immor- talize the name of Rubens . - Towards the end of the year 1577 , Princess Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her husband died . Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a free ...
... infant was destined to immor- talize the name of Rubens . - Towards the end of the year 1577 , Princess Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her husband died . Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a free ...
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... infant heads , together form an admirable poem , quite unique in harmony of colour ( Fig . 23 ) . Fig . 33. THE BETRAYAL OF SAMSON . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To ...
... infant heads , together form an admirable poem , quite unique in harmony of colour ( Fig . 23 ) . Fig . 33. THE BETRAYAL OF SAMSON . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To ...
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... INFANT CHRIST IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS . ( The flowers painted by Jan Breughel . ) Mafiamet • was so fully developed , and , throughout the whole of his artistic career , he re- mained so true to himself , that it is very difficult ...
... INFANT CHRIST IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS . ( The flowers painted by Jan Breughel . ) Mafiamet • was so fully developed , and , throughout the whole of his artistic career , he re- mained so true to himself , that it is very difficult ...
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... infant son . The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a likeness of Rubens ' eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped eyes and amiably ex- pressive mouth , seems the very image of her ...
... infant son . The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a likeness of Rubens ' eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped eyes and amiably ex- pressive mouth , seems the very image of her ...
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... Infant as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the second one , in the red mantle , stands behind him , and the third , a negro , gazes around with looks of curiosity . His train is born by two ...
... Infant as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the second one , in the red mantle , stands behind him , and the third , a negro , gazes around with looks of curiosity . His train is born by two ...
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