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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I did not imagine that you could In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13 . ) make great difficulty in this matter , as indeed I have not ...
I did not imagine that you could In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13 . ) make great difficulty in this matter , as indeed I have not ...
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My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that PRADLAS Fig . 1 . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich .
My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that PRADLAS Fig . 1 . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich .
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In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 13. ) that , what is there to be done ? Oh ! heavenly and merciful father ! thou wilt help us then ! Thou will'st not the death ...
In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 13. ) that , what is there to be done ? Oh ! heavenly and merciful father ! thou wilt help us then ! Thou will'st not the death ...
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A portrait bust of a Young Man in the old Pinakothek at Munich also shows his method of executing portraits ( Fig . 3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived ...
A portrait bust of a Young Man in the old Pinakothek at Munich also shows his method of executing portraits ( Fig . 3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived ...
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PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 18. ) On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely.
PORTRAIT OF A FRANCISCAN MONK In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 18. ) On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely.
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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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