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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Page 34
Their whole attention appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and
preventing it from slipping from its intended position . On one of the wings may be
seen the Centurion , surrounded by other men on horseback , giving his orders
with ...
Their whole attention appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and
preventing it from slipping from its intended position . On one of the wings may be
seen the Centurion , surrounded by other men on horseback , giving his orders
with ...
Page 45
Woodcarving also was greatly benefitted by the reproduction of his ideas ; so that
from this period works appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look
for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of Jupiter ...
Woodcarving also was greatly benefitted by the reproduction of his ideas ; so that
from this period works appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look
for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of Jupiter ...
Page 64
The subject of this latter painting , the Finding of the Tribute Money , appears also
on one of the wings of the altar - piece at Malines ; while the pendant represents
Tobias dragging a Fish out of the Sea , at the bidding of the Angel Raphael .
The subject of this latter painting , the Finding of the Tribute Money , appears also
on one of the wings of the altar - piece at Malines ; while the pendant represents
Tobias dragging a Fish out of the Sea , at the bidding of the Angel Raphael .
Page 71
The peculiarly attractive , and graciously modelled figure of a woman , with hair
and complexion shining , as it were , in their own brilliance , so frequently painted
by Rubens as Mary Magdalene , appears in an altogether different rôle , - as the
...
The peculiarly attractive , and graciously modelled figure of a woman , with hair
and complexion shining , as it were , in their own brilliance , so frequently painted
by Rubens as Mary Magdalene , appears in an altogether different rôle , - as the
...
Page 72
The two other Rivergods , the Danube and the Maramon , — the latter half hidden
in reeds and shadows , because at that period so little known , - appear more
youthful than their companions of the older worlds ( Fig . 57 ) . In 1620 again was
...
The two other Rivergods , the Danube and the Maramon , — the latter half hidden
in reeds and shadows , because at that period so little known , - appear more
youthful than their companions of the older worlds ( Fig . 57 ) . In 1620 again was
...
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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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