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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Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of ...
Whilst there he also received a commission from his own country . Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of ...
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20 . THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . Rubens received his first important commission from the town of.
20 . THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . Rubens received his first important commission from the town of.
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Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Ant- werp and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting , brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the ...
Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Ant- werp and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting , brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the ...
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An ever increasing number of commissions compelled the master to avail himself of the help of his pupils in executing his pictures , especially in large compositions and replicas : but he himself always put in the final touches ...
An ever increasing number of commissions compelled the master to avail himself of the help of his pupils in executing his pictures , especially in large compositions and replicas : but he himself always put in the final touches ...
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... who loved to portray Saints of youthful beauty clad in brillant silks ; to have to represent an ascetic monk : but the artist , who could , if he pleased , do anything , well understood how to make the most even of this commission .
... who loved to portray Saints of youthful beauty clad in brillant silks ; to have to represent an ascetic monk : but the artist , who could , if he pleased , do anything , well understood how to make the most even of this commission .
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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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