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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... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris ...
... then Duke of Mantua , was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young
Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery .
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris ...
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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 times ...
... 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 times ...
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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 . ) a portion of the
dead monster , represented somewhat indistinctly in order not to interfere with ...
In the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 47 . ) a portion of the
dead monster , represented somewhat indistinctly in order not to interfere with ...
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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 48 . ) a work now in
the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 26 ) . The magnificent garland 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 . ( To page 48 . ) a work now in
the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 26 ) . The magnificent garland of fruit which they
...
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Hermann Knackfuss. back of the composition , we may recognise in the
fascinating portrait in the Dresden Gallery of a lady with a baby on her lap ( Fig .
35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son . The
head of a ...
Hermann Knackfuss. back of the composition , we may recognise in the
fascinating portrait in the Dresden Gallery of a lady with a baby on her lap ( Fig .
35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son . The
head of a ...
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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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