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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Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 13. )
Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 13. )
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In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . soon showed themselves . At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that ...
In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . soon showed themselves . At Antwerp the Art of painting was flourishing in spite of the fact that ...
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... to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous ! objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial. ( To page 18. ) HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
... to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous ! objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial. ( To page 18. ) HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
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8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15.
8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15.
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On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
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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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