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When we think of these sad family -events we cannot read without emotion the
eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate widow inscribed upon his tombstone,
still to be seen behind the altar in that church. She makes no allusion to their ...
When we think of these sad family -events we cannot read without emotion the
eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate widow inscribed upon his tombstone,
still to be seen behind the altar in that church. She makes no allusion to their ...
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... himself therefore of the opportunity afforded him by the presence in the Eternal
City of so artistically gifted a subject, with whom he no doubt became acquainted
through Otho van Veen, to present to his titular church three altar-pieces.
... himself therefore of the opportunity afforded him by the presence in the Eternal
City of so artistically gifted a subject, with whom he no doubt became acquainted
through Otho van Veen, to present to his titular church three altar-pieces.
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In 1 606 he was again in Rome, where he began to paint an altar-piece for an
Oratory just built, known as the new church (Chicsa Xuova). Before, however, he
could finish it, he was recalled by the Duke of Mantua, in whose company in the ...
In 1 606 he was again in Rome, where he began to paint an altar-piece for an
Oratory just built, known as the new church (Chicsa Xuova). Before, however, he
could finish it, he was recalled by the Duke of Mantua, in whose company in the ...
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For the Jesuit-church (St. Ambrogio) at Genoa he painted — it is uncertain when
— two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and Sf. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and
restoring to life Dead Children. This latter, which is very large, is a splendid work.
For the Jesuit-church (St. Ambrogio) at Genoa he painted — it is uncertain when
— two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and Sf. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and
restoring to life Dead Children. This latter, which is very large, is a splendid work.
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He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa Nuova, completing the altar-piece,
which he had, as we have already seen, begon two years before. When however
it was set up in its place, the light proved so unfavourable to it, that he resolved to
...
He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa Nuova, completing the altar-piece,
which he had, as we have already seen, begon two years before. When however
it was set up in its place, the light proved so unfavourable to it, that he resolved to
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens |
| 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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