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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... family had inherited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS .
... family had inherited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7 . STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS .
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Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of ...
Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of ...
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2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter and Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella ...
2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter and Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella ...
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... uncertain when - two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . HOM Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT.
... uncertain when - two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . HOM Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT.
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RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens ...
RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens ...
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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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