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Page 13
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. 1) and we may therefore conclude that it
was ...
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. 1) and we may therefore conclude that it
was ...
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On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely; as for instance
in his Triumph of Jul1us Caesar in the National Gallery: a sketch intended to be a
free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea Mantegna, now at ...
On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely; as for instance
in his Triumph of Jul1us Caesar in the National Gallery: a sketch intended to be a
free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea Mantegna, now at ...
Page 18
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 ...
Page 42
Rubens always possessed great talent in the representation of the winsome
grace of cherubs and putti. In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a
daughter: and it was perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so
often ...
Rubens always possessed great talent in the representation of the winsome
grace of cherubs and putti. In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a
daughter: and it was perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so
often ...
Page 44
A similar idea is to be found in a delightful sketch in the Hermitage Collection,
known as the Sfahie of Ceres. Here exquisite baby-figures crowd around a niche
containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit (Fig. 27).
A similar idea is to be found in a delightful sketch in the Hermitage Collection,
known as the Sfahie of Ceres. Here exquisite baby-figures crowd around a niche
containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit (Fig. 27).
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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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