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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My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that Fig . 1. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 13. ) ...
My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that Fig . 1. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 13. ) ...
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ] , Munich . that , what is there to be done ? Oh ! heavenly and merciful father ! thou wilt help us then ! Thou will'st not the death of a sinner , but rather that he should be ...
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ] , Munich . that , what is there to be done ? Oh ! heavenly and merciful father ! thou wilt help us then ! Thou will'st not the death of a sinner , but rather that he should be ...
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After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 18. ) Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to ...
After a photopraph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 18. ) Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to ...
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30 1 . 1 12 2 141 ve nd male and female heads drawn from the antique , with. KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 12 . VICTORY CROWNING A HERO . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich .
30 1 . 1 12 2 141 ve nd male and female heads drawn from the antique , with. KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 12 . VICTORY CROWNING A HERO . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich .
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle of Anghiari " and ...
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle of Anghiari " and ...
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