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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In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tradition is to be believed , represents his mother ( Fig .
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The Archbishop is represented here on his knees before a throne , which occupies the centre of the picture , and from which Mary , with an expression of extreme ! benignity , extends to him the miraculous garment .
The Archbishop is represented here on his knees before a throne , which occupies the centre of the picture , and from which Mary , with an expression of extreme ! benignity , extends to him the miraculous garment .
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Delighting as he did in loveliness of form , he chose here to lay the utmost stress upon the expression of soul : and it is from that stand - point that we must examine this picture . From that point of view also the kneeling Saint ...
Delighting as he did in loveliness of form , he chose here to lay the utmost stress upon the expression of soul : and it is from that stand - point that we must examine this picture . From that point of view also the kneeling Saint ...
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The Pinakothek at Munich : " The Saviour and the Four Penitents " . expression of the head of Christ , the Personification of Benevolence and Mercy , as well as those of Mary Magdalene , the Penitent Thief , St. Peter , and King David ...
The Pinakothek at Munich : " The Saviour and the Four Penitents " . expression of the head of Christ , the Personification of Benevolence and Mercy , as well as those of Mary Magdalene , the Penitent Thief , St. Peter , and King David ...
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... since they only convey the expression worn during the time of the sitting , and do not penetrate into the inner life of the sitter : in fact that they are lacking in the very thing which would alone make them great works of art .
... since they only convey the expression worn during the time of the sitting , and do not penetrate into the inner life of the sitter : in fact that they are lacking in the very thing which would alone make them great works of art .
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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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