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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Johann Rubens was born in 1530 , studied law at Louvain and Padua , and took
the degree of Doctor of Civil and Ecclesiastical Law with honours in Rome .
Returning to his native country , on the 29th November 1561 he married a
merchant's ...
Johann Rubens was born in 1530 , studied law at Louvain and Padua , and took
the degree of Doctor of Civil and Ecclesiastical Law with honours in Rome .
Returning to his native country , on the 29th November 1561 he married a
merchant's ...
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Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght ,
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 ...
Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Verhaeght ,
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 ...
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Stay in Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) ,
Munich . ( To page 18. ) antique 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 ...
Stay in Rome studied After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) ,
Munich . ( To page 18. ) antique 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 ...
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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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15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro ,
with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost lo 5 limon Fig . 24. STUDIES OF
Putti . Fig . 23. PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA . In the Berlin Museuin . Fig . 30.
15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro ,
with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost lo 5 limon Fig . 24. STUDIES OF
Putti . Fig . 23. PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA . In the Berlin Museuin . Fig . 30.
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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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