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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Intique art as well as t he works of the great lasters of the Renaissance , and he
had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of
Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself .
Intique art as well as t he works of the great lasters of the Renaissance , and he
had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of
Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself .
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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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In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with
a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost PAN Fig . 24 . STUDIES OF Putti . Pen.
Fig . 23 . PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA . In the Berlin Museuin . ( To page 42 . )
...
In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with
a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost PAN Fig . 24 . STUDIES OF Putti . Pen.
Fig . 23 . PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA . In the Berlin Museuin . ( To page 42 . )
...
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STUDIES OF Putti . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . her a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 42 . ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS
. PAN ...
STUDIES OF Putti . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . her a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 42 . ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS
. PAN ...
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He positively revelled in portraying the beauty of the fine Andalusian steeds , so
much prized at that period for riding and hunting . He occasionally even did not
disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same ...
He positively revelled in portraying the beauty of the fine Andalusian steeds , so
much prized at that period for riding and hunting . He occasionally even did not
disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same ...
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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 | H. Grevel & Company, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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