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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This infant was destined to immor- talize the name of Rubens . Towards the end of the year 1577 , Princess Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her husband died . Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a ...
This infant was destined to immor- talize the name of Rubens . Towards the end of the year 1577 , Princess Anna , who had been meanwhile divorced from her husband died . Johann Rubens therefore thought the time propitious to attain a ...
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The wide perspective , the fine horse , the shining armour of the hero , the graceful figure of the girl , and the delicious infant heads , together form an admirable poem , quite unique in harmony of colour ( Fig . 23 ) . Fig . 33.
The wide perspective , the fine horse , the shining armour of the hero , the graceful figure of the girl , and the delicious infant heads , together form an admirable poem , quite unique in harmony of colour ( Fig . 23 ) . Fig . 33.
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THE VIRGIN MARY WITH THE INFANT CHRIST IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS . ( The flowers painted by Jan Breughel . ) was so fully developed , and , throughout the whole of his artistic career , he re- mained so true to himself , that it is very ...
THE VIRGIN MARY WITH THE INFANT CHRIST IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS . ( The flowers painted by Jan Breughel . ) was so fully developed , and , throughout the whole of his artistic career , he re- mained so true to himself , that it is very ...
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35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son . The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a likeness of Rubens ' eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped ...
35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son . The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a likeness of Rubens ' eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped ...
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Light radiates from the Infant as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the second one , in the red mantle , stands behind him , and the third , a negro , gazes around with looks of curiosity .
Light radiates from the Infant as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the second one , in the red mantle , stands behind him , and the third , a negro , gazes around with looks of curiosity .
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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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