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Another early work is the Annunciation with figures over life-size in the Museum
of Art-History at Vienna. A portrait bust of a Young Man in the old Pinakothek at
Munich also shows his method of executing portraits (Fig. 3) at this early period.
Another early work is the Annunciation with figures over life-size in the Museum
of Art-History at Vienna. A portrait bust of a Young Man in the old Pinakothek at
Munich also shows his method of executing portraits (Fig. 3) at this early period.
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It was as if the cold marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such
impressions that he executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638
were multiplied by Vosterman, P. Pontius, H. Witdoek and Schelte a Bolswert ...
It was as if the cold marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such
impressions that he executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638
were multiplied by Vosterman, P. Pontius, H. Witdoek and Schelte a Bolswert ...
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Although he executed numerous important works in Italy, his sojourn there can
only be regarded as a time of apprenticeship, it was on returning to. Fig. 17. THE
ELEYATION OF THE CROSS. From an engraving by Witdoek. (To page 34.) Fig.
Although he executed numerous important works in Italy, his sojourn there can
only be regarded as a time of apprenticeship, it was on returning to. Fig. 17. THE
ELEYATION OF THE CROSS. From an engraving by Witdoek. (To page 34.) Fig.
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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 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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