RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 12
... beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous objects ; a display of ...
... beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand ; an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous objects ; a display of ...
Page 41
... beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse Fig . 32 . FAUN ...
... beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse Fig . 32 . FAUN ...
Page 47
... beautiful huntress , whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the same subject is at Munich , rendered even more attractive by the addition of magnificent grey - hounds and a fine land- scape ( Fig . 34 ) . It was ...
... beautiful huntress , whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the same subject is at Munich , rendered even more attractive by the addition of magnificent grey - hounds and a fine land- scape ( Fig . 34 ) . It was ...
Page 56
... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , - also an original by himself , except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , - 9 feet by II , for 600 florins . Other 56.
... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , - also an original by himself , except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , - 9 feet by II , for 600 florins . Other 56.
Page 58
Hermann Knackfuss. Achilles disguised as a Woman , an impressive picture with many beautiful young female figures ; a St. Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the ...
Hermann Knackfuss. Achilles disguised as a Woman , an impressive picture with many beautiful young female figures ; a St. Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the ...
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