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It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore ...
It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neither satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore ...
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More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more ...
More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more ...
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In the Gallery at Cassel there is a splendid subject with a half - figure of Meleager presenting the bristling head of the Calydonian boar to the beautiful huntress , whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the ...
In the Gallery at Cassel there is a splendid subject with a half - figure of Meleager presenting the bristling head of the Calydonian boar to the beautiful huntress , whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the ...
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... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , - also an original by himself , - except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , 9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other 56.
... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , - also an original by himself , - except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , 9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other 56.
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Achilles disguised as a Woman , an impressive picture with many beautiful young female figures ; a St. Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit ...
Achilles disguised as a Woman , an impressive picture with many beautiful young female figures ; a St. Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit ...
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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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