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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
was ...
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
was ...
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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
Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself.
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
Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself.
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The thorough grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old marbles
is best proved by the profiles of a Roman couple, now in the collection of Prince
Liechtenstein in Vienna (Fig. 6). There are also in the Albertina fine Fig. 12.
The thorough grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old marbles
is best proved by the profiles of a Roman couple, now in the collection of Prince
Liechtenstein in Vienna (Fig. 6). There are also in the Albertina fine Fig. 12.
Page 18
... year he went to Genoa. 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.
... year he went to Genoa. 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.
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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 Tigris)
with ...
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 Tigris)
with ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens 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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