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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... had in- herited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7. STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS . In. ( To page 16. ) ...
... had in- herited the titles of Herrn van Hogeveen , Desplasse , Vuerse , Draakensteyn & c . was descended from the Duke Johann III . of Brabant and Isabella van Veen . Fig . 7. STUDY OF HEADS AND HANDS . In. ( To page 16. ) ...
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Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of ...
Archduke Albrecht of Austria , who had married Isabella , daughter of Philip II . of Spain , had just before the death of that monarch in 1598 been appointed Governor of the Spanish Netherlands . The title of Cardinal of the church of ...
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His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of Art- History at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at ...
His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of Art- History at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at ...
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... uncertain when - two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT .
... uncertain when - two altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT .
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RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . 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 ...
RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . 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 ...
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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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