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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... is remarkable for its subject , since mediæval representations as a rule were most unusual at that period . But Rubens , excelling in all. ( To page 81. ) MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid .
... is remarkable for its subject , since mediæval representations as a rule were most unusual at that period . But Rubens , excelling in all. ( To page 81. ) MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid .
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Maria de Medici , widow of Henry IV . of France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII . After taking up her residence in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings ...
Maria de Medici , widow of Henry IV . of France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII . After taking up her residence in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings ...
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It is said that he painted the two last scenes for this Medici Gallery entirely with his own hands , and frequently in the presence of the Queen herself , who seemed to take a delight in watching this cele- brated man at work , and who ...
It is said that he painted the two last scenes for this Medici Gallery entirely with his own hands , and frequently in the presence of the Queen herself , who seemed to take a delight in watching this cele- brated man at work , and who ...
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The simple facts of the Life of Maria de Medici , down to the day of her reconciliation with her son , could not have furnished , even to a Rubens , enough stirring and inter- Fig . 69. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA DE MEDICI BY PROXY .
The simple facts of the Life of Maria de Medici , down to the day of her reconciliation with her son , could not have furnished , even to a Rubens , enough stirring and inter- Fig . 69. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA DE MEDICI BY PROXY .
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Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 89. ) the young Princess ' life and the Nymphs , who accompany the ...
Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 89. ) the young Princess ' life and the Nymphs , who accompany the ...
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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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