Rubens

Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages

This 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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Picture Gallery at Dresden	35

The Reconciliation Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in	71

Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich	89

Study from the Nude Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	90

Study of a Head Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna 17	91

Study of Heads Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna 12	92

Study of a Head Drawing in red chalk in the Uffizi at Florence	93

Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	95

Portrait of Isabella Brant In the Hermitage at St Petershurg II2 92 The Artists Sons Albert and Nicolas In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	113

Rubens Sons From the picture in the Dresden Gallery	115

Philip IV King of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	116

Elizabeth of France Queen of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	117

Elizabeth of France In the Louvre at Paris	119

Maria di Medici Drawing in the Louvre I 20	123

Rubens with his second Wife in their Garden In the Pinakothek at Munich	125

IOI Sketch for the picture The Garden of Love Drawing in the Louvre at Paris	126

Portrait of a Marquis name illegible of the Court of Maria de Medici Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna 13	96

Portrait of a Man In the Pinakothek at Munich 17	97

Portrait of a Man In the Dresden Gallery	98

Portrait of a Lady In the Dresden Gallery	99

Portrait of a Man In the Hermitage at St Petersburg IOI 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg IO2 84 Portrait of an old Lady ...	103

Portrait of a Lady of the Boonen Family In the Louvre at Paris	105

Portrait of Dr van Thulden In the Pinakothek at Munich	107

Portrait of a Levantine In the Cassel Gallery	108

The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob In the Pinakothek at Munich	109

The Boar Hunt In the Dresden Gallery	112

Helena Fourment From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam	127

Helena Fourment sitting under a portico on an armchair In the Pina kothek at Munich	129

The Garden of Love In the Prado at Madrid	131

The Garden of Love In the Dresden Gallery	133

Helena Fourment In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	135

Sketch for a Decorative Structure erected on the CornMarket at Amsterdam on the occasion of the Entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria I...	136

The Captives Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	137

Portrait of a Man of Letters In the Pinakothek at Munich	139

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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	the New York Public Library
Digitized	24 Apr 2008
Length	168 pages

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