RubensThis 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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Amongst these are the sketches of Ahasverus and Esther , designs for the
decoration of a ceiling , and the splendid painting of Samson and Delilah , both in
the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 33 ) . In 1614 his eldest son was born . He was ...
Amongst these are the sketches of Ahasverus and Esther , designs for the
decoration of a ceiling , and the splendid painting of Samson and Delilah , both in
the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 33 ) . In 1614 his eldest son was born . He was ...
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... only silent nature around him . The vividly white body of the dead Saviour
shines as the only light through the prevailing darkness . This splendid work has
been copied and reproduced a Fig . 60 . SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION OF
THE.
... only silent nature around him . The vividly white body of the dead Saviour
shines as the only light through the prevailing darkness . This splendid work has
been copied and reproduced a Fig . 60 . SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION OF
THE.
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SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION OF THE CENTRE VAULT OF THE JESUIT
CHURCH AT ANTWERP . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph
from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION OF THE CENTRE VAULT OF THE JESUIT
CHURCH AT ANTWERP . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph
from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
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that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus , the head of the Jesuit
College at Antwerp , to the effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial
decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar - pieces for it
...
that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus , the head of the Jesuit
College at Antwerp , to the effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial
decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar - pieces for it
...
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idea of the grandeur of the interior of this Jesuit church , the gilded marble
decoration of which formed so exquisite a frame for Rubens ' paintings ,
resplendent in glowing colour . The Imperial Picture - Gallery at Vienna
possesses two of these ...
idea of the grandeur of the interior of this Jesuit church , the gilded marble
decoration of which formed so exquisite a frame for Rubens ' paintings ,
resplendent in glowing colour . The Imperial Picture - Gallery at Vienna
possesses two of these ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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