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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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 . In the same collection
is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an ...
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 . In the same collection
is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an ...
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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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... with all the prerogatives attached to that title , and an annuity of £ 500 Flemish .
Thus the painter was at last fettered to his native land . Although he executed
numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded Fig .
... with all the prerogatives attached to that title , and an annuity of £ 500 Flemish .
Thus the painter was at last fettered to his native land . Although he executed
numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded Fig .
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Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands ,
Rubens executed another altar - picce , in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands ,
Rubens executed another altar - picce , in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
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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 , giving an idea of the
...
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 , giving an idea of the
...
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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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