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 13
... executing portraits ( Fig . 3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , con- ceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tra- dition is to be believed ...
... executing portraits ( Fig . 3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , con- ceived apparently with an expression of tenderness . This painting , if tra- dition is to be believed ...
Page 16
... executed those trans- lations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by Vosterman , P. Pontius , H. Witdoek and Schelte a Bolswert ( Figs . 4-5 ) . The thorough grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old ...
... executed those trans- lations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by Vosterman , P. Pontius , H. Witdoek and Schelte a Bolswert ( Figs . 4-5 ) . The thorough grasp that Rubens acquired of the classical beauty of old ...
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... executed numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded 15.1 25 · Fig . 18. THE DESCENT FROM THE. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by Witdoek . ( To page 34. ) ( To page 34. ) In the Pinakothek ...
... executed numerous important works in Italy , his sojourn there can only be regarded 15.1 25 · Fig . 18. THE DESCENT FROM THE. THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . From an engraving by Witdoek . ( To page 34. ) ( To page 34. ) In the Pinakothek ...
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... executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in honour of St. Ildefonso an aristocratic Brotherhood , to whom he had given an altar ...
... executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in honour of St. Ildefonso an aristocratic Brotherhood , to whom he had given an altar ...
Page 34
... executed another work for the Walpurgis - church at Ant- werp . This is the celebrated Elevation of the Cross , now in the transept of the cathedral at Antwerp . There is in the Louvre a drawing for this picture , giving an idea of the ...
... executed another work for the Walpurgis - church at Ant- werp . This is the celebrated Elevation of the Cross , now in the transept of the cathedral at Antwerp . There is in the Louvre a drawing for this picture , giving an idea of the ...
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