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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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 ...
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 ...
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... and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich
collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging ... of the Titanic grandeur of the
great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in
Vienna ( Fig .
... and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich
collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging ... of the Titanic grandeur of the
great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in
Vienna ( Fig .
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The thorou grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old marbles is
beso proved by the profiles of a Roman couple , now in the collection of Pri
Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There are also in the Albertina hin male and
female ...
The thorou grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old marbles is
beso proved by the profiles of a Roman couple , now in the collection of Pri
Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There are also in the Albertina hin male and
female ...
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Here he devoted special attention to the architecture of the town and , in order to
improve the taste for building in his own country , conceived the idea , of making
a collection of drawings of Genoese palace - architecture . This plan he ...
Here he devoted special attention to the architecture of the town and , in order to
improve the taste for building in his own country , conceived the idea , of making
a collection of drawings of Genoese palace - architecture . This plan he ...
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This plan he subsequently carried out in conjunction with N . Rykemans ; and a
collection of etchings , including no less than 136 plates of the “ Palazzi di
Genova ” , appeared at Antwerp in two separate Fig . 13 . THE RIVERGOD TIBER
( OR ...
This plan he subsequently carried out in conjunction with N . Rykemans ; and a
collection of etchings , including no less than 136 plates of the “ Palazzi di
Genova ” , appeared at Antwerp in two separate Fig . 13 . THE RIVERGOD TIBER
( OR ...
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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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