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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7 PREFACE . The fact is unquestionable , that this volume. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER .
7 PREFACE . The fact is unquestionable , that this volume. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER .
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My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that > Fig . 2. THE APOSTLES PETER AND Paul . Drawing. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial. 6 Tiberius and Agrippina ...
My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that > Fig . 2. THE APOSTLES PETER AND Paul . Drawing. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial. 6 Tiberius and Agrippina ...
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In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . From an engraving by. Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . From an engraving by. Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
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To show his gratitude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any > remuneration . He gave to it the shape of an. 28 The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
To show his gratitude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any > remuneration . He gave to it the shape of an. 28 The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
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In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St. Christopher . This latter subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four ...
In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St. Christopher . This latter subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four ...
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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 University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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