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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... tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous ! objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial. ( To page 18. ) HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery ...
... tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening ; an inclination to fill empty space with sumptuous ! objects ; a display of harmonious colouring and pictorial. ( To page 18. ) HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery ...
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8 . 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. HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15.
8 . 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. HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15.
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... 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 a Crown of Bay . Rubens dealt with the same subject . a variety of ...
... 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 a Crown of Bay . Rubens dealt with the same subject . a variety of ...
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In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 47. ) are more fascinating . In the spacious landscape overhung by.
In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 47. ) are more fascinating . In the spacious landscape overhung by.
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In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . a work now in the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 26 ) . The magnificent gar- land of fruit which they ...
In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . a work now in the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 26 ) . The magnificent gar- land of fruit which they ...
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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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