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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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( Fig . 40 ) . (
To page 56 . ) | སྨད ། ། སྒྱུ་ In 1616 Rubens received from the Prince
Palatine of Neuburg. 53 The Communion of St Francis In the Museum at Antwerp.
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( Fig . 40 ) . (
To page 56 . ) | སྨད ། ། སྒྱུ་ In 1616 Rubens received from the Prince
Palatine of Neuburg. 53 The Communion of St Francis In the Museum at Antwerp.
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 53 . THE COMMUNION OF St . Francis . In the Museum
at Antwerp . ( To page 70 . ) Fig . 58 . CHRIST ON THE Cross . In. Count Thomas
Arundel and his Wife In the Pinakothek at Munich.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 53 . THE COMMUNION OF St . Francis . In the Museum
at Antwerp . ( To page 70 . ) Fig . 58 . CHRIST ON THE Cross . In. Count Thomas
Arundel and his Wife In the Pinakothek at Munich.
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... Franciscan Convent at Ghent . The Holy Mother and St . Francis are imploring
the Lord to spare the world from his vengeance . The force of Divine Wrath is as
powerfully expressed as is the supplicating earnestness of the Holy Intercessors .
... Franciscan Convent at Ghent . The Holy Mother and St . Francis are imploring
the Lord to spare the world from his vengeance . The force of Divine Wrath is as
powerfully expressed as is the supplicating earnestness of the Holy Intercessors .
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In 1519 Rubens was commissioned by Caspar Charles to paint St . Francis of
Assisi receiving Extreme Unction as a large altar - piece for the Church of the
Minorites at Antwerp . It was no easy task for a painter of voluptuous splendour ;
who ...
In 1519 Rubens was commissioned by Caspar Charles to paint St . Francis of
Assisi receiving Extreme Unction as a large altar - piece for the Church of the
Minorites at Antwerp . It was no easy task for a painter of voluptuous splendour ;
who ...
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Rubens was commissioned to paint it for the Church of St . Francis , by the major
Nicolas Rockox with whom he was on terms of intimate friendship . An excellent
portrait of this gentleman with his wife has 72 Study from the Nude Drawing in ...
Rubens was commissioned to paint it for the Church of St . Francis , by the major
Nicolas Rockox with whom he was on terms of intimate friendship . An excellent
portrait of this gentleman with his wife has 72 Study from the Nude Drawing in ...
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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 | H. Grevel & Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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