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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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 ;
for the ...
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 ;
for the ...
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The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master ,
( drawn by the painter's own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the
sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the altar at ...
The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master ,
( drawn by the painter's own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the
sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the altar at ...
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48 ) shows another adaptation of this favourite subject : the Destruction of the
Hosts of Assyrian : whilst the Munich Pinakothek possesses a companion picture
to the Defeat of Scnnacherib , representing the Conversion of St. Paul , executed
...
48 ) shows another adaptation of this favourite subject : the Destruction of the
Hosts of Assyrian : whilst the Munich Pinakothek possesses a companion picture
to the Defeat of Scnnacherib , representing the Conversion of St. Paul , executed
...
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vast number of times , and the Munich Pinakothek possesses a replica , though in
a much smaller size ( Fig . 59 ) . The completion of the Church of the Jesuits at
Antwerp in the year 1620 brought Rubens very extensive commissions . On the ...
vast number of times , and the Munich Pinakothek possesses a replica , though in
a much smaller size ( Fig . 59 ) . The completion of the Church of the Jesuits at
Antwerp in the year 1620 brought Rubens very extensive commissions . On the ...
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The Imperial Picture Gallery at Vienna possesses two of these sketches ; one by
Sebastian Vrancx , who , like Rubens before him , was a pupil of Adam van Noort
; the other , executed in 1665 , by Anton Geringh . Another representation of the ...
The Imperial Picture Gallery at Vienna possesses two of these sketches ; one by
Sebastian Vrancx , who , like Rubens before him , was a pupil of Adam van Noort
; the other , executed in 1665 , by Anton Geringh . Another representation of the ...
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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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