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
... Madrid Gallery . After he had accom- plished his mission to the King of Spain he was employed until the following autumn by the Duke of Lerma , of whom he painted an equestrian portrait , besides thirteen single figures : Christ and his ...
... Madrid Gallery . After he had accom- plished his mission to the King of Spain he was employed until the following autumn by the Duke of Lerma , of whom he painted an equestrian portrait , besides thirteen single figures : Christ and his ...
Page 28
... Madrid . Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - picce , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at ...
... Madrid . Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - picce , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at ...
Page 82
... Madrid representing the mediæval legend of Rudolf of Habsburg , comme- morated in Schiller's famous Ballad . Rubens conceived this event with con- siderable sense of humour , depicting the priest , who was no horseman , cross- ing the ...
... Madrid representing the mediæval legend of Rudolf of Habsburg , comme- morated in Schiller's famous Ballad . Rubens conceived this event with con- siderable sense of humour , depicting the priest , who was no horseman , cross- ing the ...
Page 85
... in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own } life . For this task her choice fell on. MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . ( To page 92. 85.
... in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own } life . For this task her choice fell on. MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . ( To page 92. 85.
Page 86
... Madrid ( Fig . 68 ) . Three years later the paintings , representing various scenes from her life , with the exception of two finished in Ant- werp - executed by the master with the help of his pupils , were set up in their intended ...
... Madrid ( Fig . 68 ) . Three years later the paintings , representing various scenes from her life , with the exception of two finished in Ant- werp - executed by the master with the help of his pupils , were set up in their intended ...
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