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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THE VIRGIN MARY WITH THE INFANT Christ IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS . (
The flowers painted by Jan Breughel . ) aftenet was so fully developed , and ,
throughout the whole of his artistic career , he remained so true to himself , that it
is ...
THE VIRGIN MARY WITH THE INFANT Christ IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS . (
The flowers painted by Jan Breughel . ) aftenet was so fully developed , and ,
throughout the whole of his artistic career , he remained so true to himself , that it
is ...
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Among the numerous pictures representing the Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ
alone , or surrounded by Saints , there is a specially attractive one , which must
have been painted in 1619 . In its execution we can recognise the collaboration
of ...
Among the numerous pictures representing the Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ
alone , or surrounded by Saints , there is a specially attractive one , which must
have been painted in 1619 . In its execution we can recognise the collaboration
of ...
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THE ASSUMPTION OF THE Virgin . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a
photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 79 . ) 39
designs , to be executed by Van Dyck and some of his other pupils , and
subsequently to ...
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE Virgin . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a
photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 79 . ) 39
designs , to be executed by Van Dyck and some of his other pupils , and
subsequently to ...
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saved from this church now also in the Imperial Museum at Vienna , represents
the Assumption of the Virgin , and was painted for a side altar . The Virgin ,
surrounded by angels and enfolded in a cloud of light , full of joyous expectation
is ...
saved from this church now also in the Imperial Museum at Vienna , represents
the Assumption of the Virgin , and was painted for a side altar . The Virgin ,
surrounded by angels and enfolded in a cloud of light , full of joyous expectation
is ...
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There is in the same Museum also another painting of the Virgin Mary which must
, however have been executed about thirty years later . Originally it adorned the
Carmelite Church at Antwerp . It is not a large composition , but is remarkable ...
There is in the same Museum also another painting of the Virgin Mary which must
, however have been executed about thirty years later . Originally it adorned the
Carmelite Church at Antwerp . It is not a large composition , but is remarkable ...
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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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