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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MR & C It stands to reason that Rubens during his stay in Rome studied antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of ...
MR & C It stands to reason that Rubens during his stay in Rome studied antique art as well as the works of the great Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of ...
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male and female heads drawn from the antique , with studies for folded hands on the same sheat ( Fig . 7 ) . Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably ...
male and female heads drawn from the antique , with studies for folded hands on the same sheat ( Fig . 7 ) . Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably ...
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... attends the Archduchess , Clara Eugenia Isabella ( Fig . 15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost ba 712 5 ہوا Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI.
... attends the Archduchess , Clara Eugenia Isabella ( Fig . 15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost ba 712 5 ہوا Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI.
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STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 42. ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS .
STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 42. ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS .
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He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for the.
He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for 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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