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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In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
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... in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at the same time he never lost his own individuality .
... in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at the same time he never lost his own individuality .
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Virgin - Saints stand on cither side of the throne as ladies in waiting , whilst in a flood of light child - angels joyously hover around it . In the two wings the Archduke and his Archduchess on their knees , clad in royal robes ...
Virgin - Saints stand on cither side of the throne as ladies in waiting , whilst in a flood of light child - angels joyously hover around it . In the two wings the Archduke and his Archduchess on their knees , clad in royal robes ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 34. MELEAGER AND ATALANTA . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) Fig . 35. LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 34. MELEAGER AND ATALANTA . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) Fig . 35. LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant.
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LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht ) . In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 48. ) ...
LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht ) . In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 48. ) ...
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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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