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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He never left Cologne again , but died on the ist of March 1587 , and was buried
there in the church of St. Peter . When we think of these sad family - events we
cannot read without emotion the eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate widow
...
He never left Cologne again , but died on the ist of March 1587 , and was buried
there in the church of St. Peter . When we think of these sad family - events we
cannot read without emotion the eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate widow
...
Page 14
The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta . Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome had
also been conferred upon him . He availed himself therefore of the opportunity
afforded him by the presence in the Eternal City of so artistically gifted a subject ,
with ...
The title of Cardinal of the church of Sta . Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome had
also been conferred upon him . He availed himself therefore of the opportunity
afforded him by the presence in the Eternal City of so artistically gifted a subject ,
with ...
Page 18
At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work
during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit -
Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism
and ...
At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work
during that and the following year as the completion of a triptych for the Jesuit -
Church . The centre - piece represented the Trinity , the two wings the Baptism
and ...
Page 19
For the Jesuit - church ( St. Ambrogio ) at Genoa he painted – it is uncertain when
- two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and
restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid
work .
For the Jesuit - church ( St. Ambrogio ) at Genoa he painted – it is uncertain when
- two altarpieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and
restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid
work .
Page 23
He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which ,
besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other
Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to his
own ...
He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which ,
besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other
Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to his
own ...
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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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