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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Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 13. )
Hermann Knackfuss. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 13. )
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... healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial.
... healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial.
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
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... as Ruler of the World on the shoulder ST d of St. Christopher . Tradition tells us that. After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 46. ) THE LAMENTATION FOR CHRIST . In the Imperial Museum at Vienna .
... as Ruler of the World on the shoulder ST d of St. Christopher . Tradition tells us that. After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 46. ) THE LAMENTATION FOR CHRIST . In the Imperial Museum at Vienna .
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In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 72. ) The peculiarly attractive , and graciously modelled figure of a woman , with hair and complexion shining , as it were ...
In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ( To page 72. ) The peculiarly attractive , and graciously modelled figure of a woman , with hair and complexion shining , as it were ...
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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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