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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Page 11
Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much
praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we
can now form no judgement whatever , since no picture now extant can with any
...
Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much
praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we
can now form no judgement whatever , since no picture now extant can with any
...
Page 26
Philip Rubens , the only one of his four brothers who had survived , held the
office of Secretary of State at Antwerp . Two portrais of him by Peter - Paul exist ,
one of which is in the Pinakothek at Munich ; whilst the other representing both ...
Philip Rubens , the only one of his four brothers who had survived , held the
office of Secretary of State at Antwerp . Two portrais of him by Peter - Paul exist ,
one of which is in the Pinakothek at Munich ; whilst the other representing both ...
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The idea of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations
: and the one main thought that runs through the whole altar - piece : First , as the
Incarnate Son of God in the Visitation ; again , in the Presentation in the Temple ...
The idea of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations
: and the one main thought that runs through the whole altar - piece : First , as the
Incarnate Son of God in the Visitation ; again , in the Presentation in the Temple ...
Page 53
Seven men , three on foot and four on horseback , are represented in the act of
attacking a lion and a lioness : one of the men lies dead on the ground , whilst
another fights desperately with the lioness , who has thrown him down .
Seven men , three on foot and four on horseback , are represented in the act of
attacking a lion and a lioness : one of the men lies dead on the ground , whilst
another fights desperately with the lioness , who has thrown him down .
Page 65
A fortnight later , he again refers to these sketches , and we learn then that they
dealt with the Fig . 54 . CHRIST AND THE FOUR PENITENTS . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängi , Munich .
A fortnight later , he again refers to these sketches , and we learn then that they
dealt with the Fig . 54 . CHRIST AND THE FOUR PENITENTS . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängi , Munich .
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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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