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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... Madrid Gallery . After he had accom- plished his mission to the King of Spain he was employed until the following autumn by the Duke of Lerma , of whom he painted an equestrian portrait , besides thirteen single figures : Christ and his ...
... Madrid Gallery . After he had accom- plished his mission to the King of Spain he was employed until the following autumn by the Duke of Lerma , of whom he painted an equestrian portrait , besides thirteen single figures : Christ and his ...
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... Madrid . Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at ...
... Madrid . Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at ...
Page 81
... probably also seek among the heroes of the Thirty Years War ( Fig . 65 ) . KNACKFUSS , Rubens . 6 In 1621 the Archduke Albrecht died . Among the portraits. ( To page 81. ) MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . 81.
... probably also seek among the heroes of the Thirty Years War ( Fig . 65 ) . KNACKFUSS , Rubens . 6 In 1621 the Archduke Albrecht died . Among the portraits. ( To page 81. ) MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . 81.
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... Madrid representing the medieval legend of Rudolf of Habsburg , comme- morated in Schiller's famous Ballad . Rubens conceived this event with con- siderable sense of humour , depicting the priest , who was no horseman , cross- ing the ...
... Madrid representing the medieval legend of Rudolf of Habsburg , comme- morated in Schiller's famous Ballad . Rubens conceived this event with con- siderable sense of humour , depicting the priest , who was no horseman , cross- ing the ...
Page 85
... , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own - life . For this task her choice fell on. MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . Drawing in the Albertina. 85.
... , she resolved to adorn a vast gallery with paintings descriptive of her own - life . For this task her choice fell on. MARIA DE MEDICI . In the Prado at Madrid . Fig . 71. THE RECONCILIATION . Drawing in the Albertina. 85.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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