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At one time he paints them accompanied by voluptuous naiads , at another by graceful and timid nymphs ; whilst sometimes , for the sake of contrast , he introduces into the composition even the chaste Diana herself ( Fig . 32 ) .
At one time he paints them accompanied by voluptuous naiads , at another by graceful and timid nymphs ; whilst sometimes , for the sake of contrast , he introduces into the composition even the chaste Diana herself ( Fig . 32 ) .
Page 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 " , a are > 9 feet by Il , for 600 florins .
... 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 " , a are > 9 feet by Il , for 600 florins .
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In this painting also , which is , however , far inferior to the Daughters of Cecrops , we may notice again the fair features of the Magdalen , though this time representing a nymph hiding in the water : the most attractive figure in ...
In this painting also , which is , however , far inferior to the Daughters of Cecrops , we may notice again the fair features of the Magdalen , though this time representing a nymph hiding in the water : the most attractive figure in ...
Page 88
the young Princess ' life and the Nymphs , who accompany the ship , which bears her as a Royal bride to France . The picture of the Arrival in France , - if we except the Sea Deity , — who certainly takes up too much room is a faithful ...
the young Princess ' life and the Nymphs , who accompany the ship , which bears her as a Royal bride to France . The picture of the Arrival in France , - if we except the Sea Deity , — who certainly takes up too much room is a faithful ...
Page 97
Thus most of the artist's Mythological subjects : — Judgments of Paris , Rapes of Helen , or of Nymphs , representations of the Three Graces , of Venus , of Diana , and of Satyrs , & c.— appear to Fig . 79 . belong to this period .
Thus most of the artist's Mythological subjects : — Judgments of Paris , Rapes of Helen , or of Nymphs , representations of the Three Graces , of Venus , of Diana , and of Satyrs , & c.— appear to Fig . 79 . belong to this period .
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| Title | Rubens Added t.-p.: Monographs on artists ... IX 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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