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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The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism and
Transfiguration of Christ . ... In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to
paint an altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ( Chiesa
Nuova ) ...
The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism and
Transfiguration of Christ . ... In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to
paint an altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ( Chiesa
Nuova ) ...
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Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian
master - pieces and how much ... He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa
Nuova , completing the altar - piece , which he had , as we have already seen ...
Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian
master - pieces and how much ... He worked also at the Oratory of the Chiesa
Nuova , completing the altar - piece , which he had , as we have already seen ...
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Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands ,
Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands ,
Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height
of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
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On the outer side of the two wings he also i painted an idyllic Holy Family , known
as the Madonna under the AppleTree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was
removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion ...
On the outer side of the two wings he also i painted an idyllic Holy Family , known
as the Madonna under the AppleTree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was
removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion ...
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In 1610 when , according to tradition , Rubens had completed the St . Ildefonso
altar - piece , he executed another work for the Walpurgis - church at Antwerp .
This is the celebrated Elevation of the Cross , now in the transept of the cathedral
at ...
In 1610 when , according to tradition , Rubens had completed the St . Ildefonso
altar - piece , he executed another work for the Walpurgis - church at Antwerp .
This is the celebrated Elevation of the Cross , now in the transept of the cathedral
at ...
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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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