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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... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris ...
... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris ...
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... whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning
veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This
painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered
perhaps L ...
... whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning
veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This
painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered
perhaps L ...
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22 ) . More 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 are more fascinating .
22 ) . More 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 are more fascinating .
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In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was
perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of
children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with
hastily ...
In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was
perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of
children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with
hastily ...
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The remarkable features of this work lie perhaps less in the profusion of rising
and falling bodies , than in the general effect of the whole , which , on so grand a
scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ...
The remarkable features of this work lie perhaps less in the profusion of rising
and falling bodies , than in the general effect of the whole , which , on so grand a
scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ...
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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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