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 18
... King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather , for it rained uncessantly for twenty days . Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan horses ...
... King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather , for it rained uncessantly for twenty days . Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan horses ...
Page 28
... King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN MAN . In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 39 ) at Madrid . Commissioned about the same ...
... King Philip IV . , and is now in the Museum Fig . 21. PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN MAN . In the Gallery at Cassel . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 39 ) at Madrid . Commissioned about the same ...
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... King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the blue garment of the Virgin . Light radiates from the Infant as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the ...
... King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the blue garment of the Virgin . Light radiates from the Infant as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the ...
Page 68
... King of Assyria , are painted with unusual force ( Fig . 47 ) . A divine punishment , and a hero's expiatory self - sacrifice are both most strikingly treated with incomparable skill , although the second composition is founded on the ...
... King of Assyria , are painted with unusual force ( Fig . 47 ) . A divine punishment , and a hero's expiatory self - sacrifice are both most strikingly treated with incomparable skill , although the second composition is founded on the ...
Page 70
... King David , no less . remarkable for his expressive countenance . From behind these biblical per- sonages , the representative Saints of the Penitential Orders , -SS . Dominic and Francis , approach the throne . Beside King David ...
... King David , no less . remarkable for his expressive countenance . From behind these biblical per- sonages , the representative Saints of the Penitential Orders , -SS . Dominic and Francis , approach the throne . Beside King David ...
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