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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Their whole attention appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and preventing it from slipping from its intended position . On one of the wings may be seen the Cen- turion , surrounded by other men on horseback , giving his ...
Their whole attention appears to be directed to raising the heavy cross , and preventing it from slipping from its intended position . On one of the wings may be seen the Cen- turion , surrounded by other men on horseback , giving his ...
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Woodcarving also was greatly benefitted by the reproduction of his ideas ; so that from this period works appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological paint- ...
Woodcarving also was greatly benefitted by the reproduction of his ideas ; so that from this period works appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological paint- ...
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The subject of this latter painting , the Finding of the Tribute Money , appears also on one of the wings of the altar - piece at Malines ; while the pendant represents Tobias dragging a Fish out of the Sea , at the bidding of the Angel ...
The subject of this latter painting , the Finding of the Tribute Money , appears also on one of the wings of the altar - piece at Malines ; while the pendant represents Tobias dragging a Fish out of the Sea , at the bidding of the Angel ...
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The peculiarly attractive , and graciously modelled figure of a woman , with hair and complexion shining , as it were , in their own brilliance , so fre- quently painted by Rubens as Mary Magdalene , appears in an altogether different ...
The peculiarly attractive , and graciously modelled figure of a woman , with hair and complexion shining , as it were , in their own brilliance , so fre- quently painted by Rubens as Mary Magdalene , appears in an altogether different ...
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The two other Rivergods , the Danube and the Maramon , the latter half hidden in reeds and shadows , because at that period so little known , appear more youthful than their companions of the older worlds ( Fig . 57 ) .
The two other Rivergods , the Danube and the Maramon , the latter half hidden in reeds and shadows , because at that period so little known , appear more youthful than their companions of the older worlds ( Fig . 57 ) .
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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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