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Page 18
The centre-piece represented the Trinity, the two wings the Baptism and
Transfiguration of Christ. ... 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).
The centre-piece represented the Trinity, the two wings the Baptism and
Transfiguration of Christ. ... 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).
Page 22
Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian
master-pieces and how much ... He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa
Nuova, completing the altar-piece, which he had, as we have already seen,
begon ...
Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian
master-pieces and how much ... He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa
Nuova, completing the altar-piece, which he had, as we have already seen,
begon ...
Page 28
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands,
Rubens executed another altar-piece, in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement. Archduke Albrccht had founded at Brussels in
honour ...
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands,
Rubens executed another altar-piece, in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement. Archduke Albrccht had founded at Brussels in
honour ...
Page 32
On the outer side of the two wings he also painted an idyllic Holy Family, known
as the Madonna under the Apple- V Tree. In 1641, this splendid altar-piece was
removed to make way for a so-called miraculous picture; on which occasion both
...
On the outer side of the two wings he also painted an idyllic Holy Family, known
as the Madonna under the Apple- V Tree. In 1641, this splendid altar-piece was
removed to make way for a so-called miraculous picture; on which occasion both
...
Page 34
In 1610 when, according to tradition, Rubens had completed the St. Ildefonso
altar-piece, he executed another work for the Walpurgis-church at Antwerp. This
is the celebrated Elevation of the Cross, now in the transept of the cathedral at ...
In 1610 when, according to tradition, Rubens had completed the St. Ildefonso
altar-piece, he executed another work for the Walpurgis-church at Antwerp. This
is the celebrated Elevation of the Cross, now in the transept of the cathedral at ...
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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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