RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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Page 47
... charm in close contrast . 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 ...
... charm in close contrast . 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 ...
Page 88
... charm of their healthy vitality . Splendid personifications of Rubens ' ideal of female beauty are the Fates , who spin the thread of Fig . 70. THE JOURNEY TO PONT DE CÉ . Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre . In ...
... charm of their healthy vitality . Splendid personifications of Rubens ' ideal of female beauty are the Fates , who spin the thread of Fig . 70. THE JOURNEY TO PONT DE CÉ . Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre . In ...
Page 89
... although otherwise the Queen always appears in her own likeness ; - full of youthful charm in the scenes from her early life and as a stately matron in her later years . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . ( To page 92. ) ( To page 92. ) 89.
... although otherwise the Queen always appears in her own likeness ; - full of youthful charm in the scenes from her early life and as a stately matron in her later years . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . ( To page 92. ) ( To page 92. ) 89.
Page 92
... charm that this great master of colour could attain when he exchanged the pen for the brush ( Fig . 77 ) . Portrait - painting was always Rubens ' best opportunity for refreshing his soul at the undefiled source of natural inspiration ...
... charm that this great master of colour could attain when he exchanged the pen for the brush ( Fig . 77 ) . Portrait - painting was always Rubens ' best opportunity for refreshing his soul at the undefiled source of natural inspiration ...
Page 97
... charm of glowing colour . The most productive and brilliant period of the artist's career was per- haps , between the years 1620 and 1625 ; for , notwithstanding the pressure of work , which those two vast undertakings : the frescoes ...
... charm of glowing colour . The most productive and brilliant period of the artist's career was per- haps , between the years 1620 and 1625 ; for , notwithstanding the pressure of work , which those two vast undertakings : the frescoes ...
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