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 . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial.
Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial.
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C C The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still holds its own , beside more elaborate and ambitious works ...
C C The fact is unquestionable , that this volume on “ Rubens ” which in spite of its brevity , has gone through seven editions in Germany , in less than ten years still holds its own , beside more elaborate and ambitious works ...
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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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