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In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
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On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
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Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in . his ...
Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in . his ...
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They are probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; originally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the Louvre ...
They are probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; originally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the Louvre ...
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A similar idea is to be found in a delightful sketch in the Hermitage Collection , known as the Statue of Ceres . Here exquisite baby - figures crowd around a niche containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit ...
A similar idea is to be found in a delightful sketch in the Hermitage Collection , known as the Statue of Ceres . Here exquisite baby - figures crowd around a niche containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit ...
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| 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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