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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Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Ver- haeght , under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his ...
Peter Paul Rubens ' first master was the landscape - painter Tobias Ver- haeght , under whom however he studied but a short time . Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his ...
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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 spacious landscape overhung by a shadowy atmosphere the deep blue sea spreads beyond the rocks : where , between two cliffs , the monster convulsively expires . The wide perspective , the fine horse , the shining armour of the ...
In the spacious landscape overhung by a shadowy atmosphere the deep blue sea spreads beyond the rocks : where , between two cliffs , the monster convulsively expires . The wide perspective , the fine horse , the shining armour of the ...
Page 46
The Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape background by the " velvet " Breughel . As a rule , however , inscribed dates are very rare on pictures by Rubens . Moreover , they do not tell us much ...
The Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape background by the " velvet " Breughel . As a rule , however , inscribed dates are very rare on pictures by Rubens . Moreover , they do not tell us much ...
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... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , also an original by himself , except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , - 9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other 56.
... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , also an original by himself , except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , - 9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other 56.
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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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