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The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism and Transfiguration of Christ . ... In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to paint an altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ...
The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism and Transfiguration of Christ . ... In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to paint an altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ...
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Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he ... He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa Nuova , completing the altar - piece , which he had , as we have ...
Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he ... He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa Nuova , completing the altar - piece , which he had , as we have ...
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Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - picce ... To show his gratitude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any remuneration .
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - picce ... To show his gratitude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any remuneration .
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In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion both the wings were taken off , in order to make a separate picture of the Holy.
In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion both the wings were taken off , in order to make a separate picture of the Holy.
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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 Antwerp . There is in the Louvre a drawing for this picture ...
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 Antwerp . There is in the Louvre a drawing for this picture ...
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| 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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