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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... that the family of Rubens spelt their surname during their stay in Germany , in order to bring it into accord with the native pronunciation . during the following year . It was there that her. 8 Head of a Bishop In the Dresden Gallery.
... that the family of Rubens spelt their surname during their stay in Germany , in order to bring it into accord with the native pronunciation . during the following year . It was there that her. 8 Head of a Bishop In the Dresden Gallery.
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In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. 13 The Rivergod Tiber (or Tigris) with the Goddess of ...
In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. 13 The Rivergod Tiber (or Tigris) with the Goddess of ...
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His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at the ...
His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at the ...
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One of the pictures that he painted for the Duke of Mantua , now in the Dresden Gallery — , represents , it would seem , the Apotheosis of that Prince : a young hero victorious over Envy and Discord receives from the Goddess of Victory ...
One of the pictures that he painted for the Duke of Mantua , now in the Dresden Gallery — , represents , it would seem , the Apotheosis of that Prince : a young hero victorious over Envy and Discord receives from the Goddess of Victory ...
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... from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 44. ) more than any other work , a landmark in the. Lady and Child (probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht) In Picture Gallery at Dresden.
... from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 44. ) more than any other work , a landmark in the. Lady and Child (probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht) In Picture Gallery at Dresden.
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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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