RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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... France . Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career . From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only ...
... France . Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career . From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only ...
Page 85
... France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII . After taking up her residence in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own - life . For this ...
... France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII . After taking up her residence in the new Luxembourg Palace , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own - life . For this ...
Page 86
... France ; 7 ) The Nuptials ; 8 ) The Birth of Louis XIII .; 9 ) Henry IV . starts for the War in Germany : 10 ) Maria de Medici receives the Crown of France ; 11 ) The Apotheosis of the murdered King ; 12 ) The Queen's Reign ; 13 ) Her ...
... France ; 7 ) The Nuptials ; 8 ) The Birth of Louis XIII .; 9 ) Henry IV . starts for the War in Germany : 10 ) Maria de Medici receives the Crown of France ; 11 ) The Apotheosis of the murdered King ; 12 ) The Queen's Reign ; 13 ) Her ...
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... France . The picture of the Arrival in France , if we except the Sea Deity , -who certainly takes up too much . room is a faithful representation ; since we know that the ship was most gorgeously decorated . The Marriage of Maria de ...
... France . The picture of the Arrival in France , if we except the Sea Deity , -who certainly takes up too much . room is a faithful representation ; since we know that the ship was most gorgeously decorated . The Marriage of Maria de ...
Page 91
... France " . " It was not easy for him to find so beautiful a black , " - — — he adds , " of raven hair " though he seems after all to have preferr- ed his favourite blonde types when he finally executed the painting . It is somewhat ...
... France " . " It was not easy for him to find so beautiful a black , " - — — he adds , " of raven hair " though he seems after all to have preferr- ed his favourite blonde types when he finally executed the painting . It is somewhat ...
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