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The Imperial Picture-Gallery at Vienna possesses two of these sketches; one by
Sebastian Vrancx, who, like Rubens before him, was a pupil ... They were bought
by the Empress Maria Theresa and are now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
The Imperial Picture-Gallery at Vienna possesses two of these sketches; one by
Sebastian Vrancx, who, like Rubens before him, was a pupil ... They were bought
by the Empress Maria Theresa and are now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
Page 79
saved from this church now also in the Imperial Museum at Vienna, represents
the Assumption of the Virgin, and was painted for a side altar. The Virgin,
surrounded by angels and enfolded in a cloud of light, full of joyous expectation
is ...
saved from this church now also in the Imperial Museum at Vienna, represents
the Assumption of the Virgin, and was painted for a side altar. The Virgin,
surrounded by angels and enfolded in a cloud of light, full of joyous expectation
is ...
Page 80
Besides this picture now in the Imperial Museum, which, after an absence of six
years, was brought back to Vienna in 1815, there is yet another work of the
master, — the most celebrated representation of this subject, — which adorns the
...
Besides this picture now in the Imperial Museum, which, after an absence of six
years, was brought back to Vienna in 1815, there is yet another work of the
master, — the most celebrated representation of this subject, — which adorns the
...
Page 83
... in which appears a mediaeval castle with a tall watch-tower, is now in the
Louvre (Fig. 66). The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very
carefully executed scenes from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio's
Decameronc.
... in which appears a mediaeval castle with a tall watch-tower, is now in the
Louvre (Fig. 66). The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very
carefully executed scenes from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio's
Decameronc.
Page 86
The origin of this picture , which now hangs beside the great Antwerp altarpieces
in the Imperial Museum at Vienna, is not known: but there is no doubt that it was
painted in 1621, and the choice of that particular Saint seems to refer to the ...
The origin of this picture , which now hangs beside the great Antwerp altarpieces
in the Imperial Museum at Vienna, is not known: but there is no doubt that it was
painted in 1621, and the choice of that particular Saint seems to refer to the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens |
| 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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