RubensVelhagen & 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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Page 28
... adorn this altar and , although but a commoner by birth , he was elected a member by this Brotherhood , all of whom were of noble lineage . To show his grati- tude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any ...
... adorn this altar and , although but a commoner by birth , he was elected a member by this Brotherhood , all of whom were of noble lineage . To show his grati- tude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any ...
Page 38
... adorned circular building to contain his own art - treasures and antique marbles . His studio also was arranged with great magnificence . The build- ing situated near the broad street , called Place de Meir , shows now but few traces of ...
... adorned circular building to contain his own art - treasures and antique marbles . His studio also was arranged with great magnificence . The build- ing situated near the broad street , called Place de Meir , shows now but few traces of ...
Page 44
... adorn it with garlands of fruit ( Fig . 27 ) . It is possible , that this fine sketch was originally intended as a design for a titlepage , such as in 1603 Rubens commenced making for the books published by his friend , Balthasar ...
... adorn it with garlands of fruit ( Fig . 27 ) . It is possible , that this fine sketch was originally intended as a design for a titlepage , such as in 1603 Rubens commenced making for the books published by his friend , Balthasar ...
Page 58
... adorned with representations of figures , for him . Rubens mentions in the letter , in which he consents to this proposition that he had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently would have much ...
... adorned with representations of figures , for him . Rubens mentions in the letter , in which he consents to this proposition that he had that year spent several thousand florins on his house and that consequently would have much ...
Page 85
... Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own - life . For this task her choice fell on. MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . Drawing in the Albertina. 85.
... Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own - life . For this task her choice fell on. MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . Drawing in the Albertina. 85.
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adorned Albertina at Vienna Albrecht altar altar-piece Ambassador Antwerp Archduke artist Balthasar Moretus Berlin Museum Brussels Buckingham Cardinal Infant Carleton charm Church Clément Clément & Co Collection Cologne colour commission composition daughter death decoration designed display Dornach Drawing Dresden Gallery Duke English engraving executed expression figures Flemish florins France Franz Hanfstängl Gallery at Vienna GARDEN OF LOVE Gerbier hand Helena Fourment Hermitage at St Holy Imperial Museum Infant Christ Infanta Isabella Isabella Brant King of Spain KNACKFUSS ladies landscape letter Liechtenstein Gallery Louvre Louvre at Paris Mantua marble Maria de Medici master Munich Pinakothek Museum at Antwerp Museum at Vienna negotiations Netherlands original by Braun original by Franz painted painter Palace Paris and New-York peace period Peter Paul Rubens Petersburg Philip photograph picture Pinakothek at Munich Plantin-Moretus Museum portrait Prince pupils Queen representing Saint Scaglia scenes Schelte seems sketch Spanish town Virgin whilst wife wrote
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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