RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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... studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to ...
... studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to ...
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... studies from life ( Fig . 8 ) . In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that , he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of ...
... studies from life ( Fig . 8 ) . In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that , he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of ...
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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. 30.
... 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. 30.
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Hermann Knackfuss. ba 712 5 ہوا Fig . 24. 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 ...
Hermann Knackfuss. ba 712 5 ہوا Fig . 24. 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 ...
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... hunting . 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. 52 ...
... hunting . 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. 52 ...
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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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