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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Page 29
... Mary , with an expression of extreme remuneration . He gave to it the shape of an Ancona : the centre - panel of which represented a Miracle of St. Ildefonso , illustrating the following tradition . St. Ildefonso , Archbishop of Toledo ...
... Mary , with an expression of extreme remuneration . He gave to it the shape of an Ancona : the centre - panel of which represented a Miracle of St. Ildefonso , illustrating the following tradition . St. Ildefonso , Archbishop of Toledo ...
Page 37
... Mary Magdalen , for whom the artist having a predilection , created a special type . This attractive figure , - a maiden with a fine complexion and very fair. 37 The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux In Page.
... Mary Magdalen , for whom the artist having a predilection , created a special type . This attractive figure , - a maiden with a fine complexion and very fair. 37 The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux In Page.
Page 38
... Mary Magdalen . It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no resemblance whatever to the darkhaired Isabella ...
... Mary Magdalen . It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no resemblance whatever to the darkhaired Isabella ...
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... Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; ori- ginally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the Louvre . He also designed a number of fascinating putti entwined in a garland of fruit : Fig ...
... Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; ori- ginally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the Louvre . He also designed a number of fascinating putti entwined in a garland of fruit : Fig ...
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... Mary Magdalen , -the favourite female Saint of the painter , -whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36. HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the ...
... Mary Magdalen , -the favourite female Saint of the painter , -whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36. HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the ...
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