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Page 11
Peter Paul Rubens' first master was the landscape-painter Tobias Ver- haeght,
under whom however he studied but a short time. Then for four years he worked
in the atelier of Adam van Noort, an artist much praised by his contemporaries for
...
Peter Paul Rubens' first master was the landscape-painter Tobias Ver- haeght,
under whom however he studied but a short time. Then for four years he worked
in the atelier of Adam van Noort, an artist much praised by his contemporaries for
...
Page 41
It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive; but on the
other hand, the cupids, especially those laying around the white horse are more
fascinating. In the spacious landscape overhung by a. which against the dark ...
It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive; but on the
other hand, the cupids, especially those laying around the white horse are more
fascinating. In the spacious landscape overhung by a. which against the dark ...
Page 42
In the spacious landscape overhung by a shadowy atmosphere the deep blue
sea spreads beyond the rocks: where, between two cliffs, the monster
convulsively expires. The wide perspective, the fine horse, the shining armour of
the hero, the ...
In the spacious landscape overhung by a shadowy atmosphere the deep blue
sea spreads beyond the rocks: where, between two cliffs, the monster
convulsively expires. The wide perspective, the fine horse, the shining armour of
the hero, the ...
Page 46
The Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a
landscape background by the "velvet "Breughel. As a rule, however, inscribed
dates are very rare on pictures by Rubens. Moreover, they do not tell us much ;
for the ...
The Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a
landscape background by the "velvet "Breughel. As a rule, however, inscribed
dates are very rare on pictures by Rubens. Moreover, they do not tell us much ;
for the ...
Page 47
Another representation of the same subject is at Munich, rendered even more
attractive by the addition of magnificent grey-hounds and a fine landscape (Fig.
34). It was on rarer occasions that he approached subjects of the Old Testament.
Another representation of the same subject is at Munich, rendered even more
attractive by the addition of magnificent grey-hounds and a fine landscape (Fig.
34). It was on rarer occasions that he approached subjects of the Old Testament.
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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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