Rubens

Velhagen & 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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Hermann Knackfuss. BRARIES MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTS MONOGRAPHS
ON ARTISTS EDITED , AND WRITTEN. n . THA TE UNILA SIVERS OF MIC
CHIGAN KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 12 . VICTORY CROWNING.

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Hermann Knackfuss. MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTS MONOGRAPHS ON
ARTISTS EDITED , AND WRITTEN JOINTLY WITH OTHER.

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MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTS EDITED , AND WRITTEN JOINTLY WITH OTHER
AUTHORS , BY H . KNACKFUSS IX . RUBENS BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG
VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON · H . GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING STREET ,
COVENT ...

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But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour
of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove
that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia . The ancestors ...

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AllegED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST ' S MOTHER . gine that you could In the
Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) ,
Munich . ever think , that I should ( To page 13 . ) make great difficulty in this
matter ...

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Portrait of a young man In the Pinakothek at Munich	3

Democritos from a series of antique portrait heads Engraving by L Vostermann	4

Demosthenes from a series of antique portrait busts designed by Rubens Engraving by H Witdock	5

Tiberius and Agrippina In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	6

Study of heads and hands In the Albertina at Vienna	7

Head of a Bishop In the Dresden Gallery	8

Christ and the twelve Apostles In the Albertina at Vienna	9

Portrait of a Franciscan Monk In the Pinakothek at Munich	10

It is finished In the Pinakothek at Munich	59

Sketch for the decoration of the centre vault of the Jesuit Church at Antwerp Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	60

The Assumption of the Virgin In the Pinakothek at Munich	61

St Ignatius Loyola healing the Possessed In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna	62

Count Thomas Arundel and his Wife In the Pinakothek at Munich	63

Charles de Longueval Count Boucquoy Painted for an engraving by Vorstermann In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	64

Portrait of a General For an engraving Drawing in the Gallery at Weimar	65

Tournament outside a Castle In the Louvre at Paris	66

Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna 12 Victory crowning a Hero In the Pinakothek at Munich	12

The Rivergod Tiber or Tigris with the Goddess of Plenty in the Hermitage at St Petersburg	13

Rubens and his wife Isabella Brant In the Pinakothek at Munich	14

The Altar of St Ildefonso In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna	16

17The Elevation of the Cross From an engraving by Witdoek	17

The Descent from the Cross In the Antwerp Museum	18

St Christophorus In the Pinakothek at Munich	20

Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel	21

Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	22

Perseus and Andromeda In the Berlin Museum	23

Studies of Putti Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	24

Madonna with the Holy Innocents In the Louvre	25

Two Satyrs In the Pinakothek at Munich	30

Bacchanalia In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	31

Faun and Diana The Gifts of Autumn In the Picture Gallery at Dresden	32

The Garland of Fruit In the Pinakothek at Munich	33

Meleager and Atalanta In the Pinakothek at Munich	34

The Picture of Ceres In the Hermitage St Petersburg	35

Head of a Child Rubens cldest daughter In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	36

The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ in a wreath of flowers The flowers painted by Jan Breughel In the Pinakothek at Munich	37

The Boar Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich	38

Study of a Jórse Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	39

The Lion Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich	40

The Resurrection of the Just In the Pinakothek at Munich	41

The Punishment of the Unjust In the Pinakothek at Munich	42

The last Judgment In the Pinakothek at Munich	43

The Adoration of the Shepherds In the Pinakothek at Munich	44

Pietà Sketch for the altar piece in the Museum at Antwerp In the Albertina at Vienna	45

Death of the Consul P Decius Mus Sketch for an engraving in the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	46

The Destruction of the hosts of Sennacherib In the Pinakothek at Munich	47

The Angel of the Lord smites the hosts of Sennacherib Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	48

The Conversion of St Paul In the Pinakothek at Munich	49

The Battle of the Amazons In the Pinakothek at Munich	50

Head of a Child Nicholas Rubens as a child Drawing in the Alber tina at Vienna	51

Mary Refuge of Sinners In the Gallery at Cassel	52

The Communion of St Francis In the Museum at Antwerp	53

Christ and the four Penitents In the Pinakothek at Munich	54

Erechthonius and the Daughters of Cecrops In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	55

The Toilet of Venus In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	56

The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna	57

Christ on the Cross In the Musenm at Antwerp	58

Portrait of Baron Heinrich von Wicq In the Louvre at Paris	67

Maria de Medici In the Prado at Madrid	68

The Marriage of Maria de Medici by Proxy Sketch for the picture of	69

The Reconciliation Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich 89	71

Study from the Nude Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	72

Study of a Head Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	73

Study of Heads Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	74

Study of a Head Drawing in red chalk in the Uffizi at Florence	75

Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	76

Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	77

Portrait of a Marquis name illegible of the Court of Maria de Medici Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	78

Portrait of a Man In the Pinakothek at Munich	79

Portrait of a Man In the Dresden Gallery	80

Portrait of a Lady In the Dresden Gallery 99	82

Portrait of a young Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	102

Portrait of an old Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	103

Portrait of a Lady of the Boonen Family In the Louvre at Paris	105

Portrait of Dr van Thulden In the Pinakothek at Munich	107

Portrait of a Levantine In the Cassel Gallery IOS 88 The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob In the Pinakothek at Munich	109

The Boar Hunt In the Dresden Gallery II Landscape with a Rainbow In the Pinakothek at Munich 112 Landscape with Shepherds In the Louvre at ...	112

Portrait of Isabella Brant In the Hermitage at St Petershurg II2 92 The Artists Sons Albert and Nicolas In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna	113

The Massacre of the Innocents In the Pinakothek at Munich	114

Rubens Sons From the picture in the Dresden Gallery	115

Philip IV King of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	116

Elizabeth of France Queen of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	117

Helena Fourment and her eldest Son In the Pinakothek at Munich	118

Elizabeth of France In the Louvre at Paris	119

The Holy Family In the WallrafRichartz Museum at Cologne	120

Helena Fourment as a Bride In the Pinakothek at Munich	121

Portrait of the Artist by himself Sketch for the picture Rubens and Helène Fourment in the Garden in the Pinakothek at Munich Drawing in the Alber...	123

Rubens with his second Wife in their Garden In the Pinakothek at Munich 101 Sketch for the picture The Garden of Love Drawing in the Louvre at...	126

Helèna Fourment From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam	127

Helena Fourment sitting under a portico on an armchair In the Pina kothek at Munich	129

The Garden of Love In the Prado at Madrid	131

The Garden of Love In the Dresden Gallery	133

Helèna Fourment In the Hermitage at St Petersburg	135

the dejected Belgians Coloured sketch in the Hermitage at St Petersburg	136

The Captives Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna	137

Portrait of a Man of Letters In the Pinakothek at Munich	139

Medici Gallery in the Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich	163

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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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