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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When we think of these sad family - events we cannot read without emotion the eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate widow inscribed upon his tombstone , still to be seen behind the altar in that church .
When we think of these sad family - events we cannot read without emotion the eulogistic epitaph which his disconsolate widow inscribed upon his tombstone , still to be seen behind the altar in that church .
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... to present to his titular church three altar - pieces . The " Crowning with Thorns " , the " Crucifixion " and the " Invention of the Cross " were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose .
... to present to his titular church three altar - pieces . The " Crowning with Thorns " , the " Crucifixion " and the " Invention of the Cross " were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose .
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In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to paint an altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ( Chiesa Nuova ) . Before , however , he could finish it , he was re- called by the Duke of Mantua , in whose ...
In 1606 he was again in Rome , where he began to paint an altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ( Chiesa Nuova ) . Before , however , he could finish it , he was re- called by the Duke of Mantua , in whose ...
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For the Jesuit - church ( St. Ambrogio ) at Genoa he painted - it is uncertain when - two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large ...
For the Jesuit - church ( St. Ambrogio ) at Genoa he painted - it is uncertain when - two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF 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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