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 Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St . Christopher . This latter
subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea
of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations : and the
...
In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St . Christopher . This latter
subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea
of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations : and the
...
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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 ... 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 ... They were bought by
the Empress Maria Theresa and are now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna .
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed
scenes from Ariosto ' s Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio ' s 6 * Decamerone .
Thus the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 83 at that period. But Rubens,
excelling ...
The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed
scenes from Ariosto ' s Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio ' s 6 * Decamerone .
Thus the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 83 at that period. But Rubens,
excelling ...
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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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