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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Amongst these are the sketches of Ahasverus and Esther , designs for the decoration of a ceiling , and the splendid painting of Samson and Delilah , both in the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 33 ) . In 1614 his eldest son was born .
Amongst these are the sketches of Ahasverus and Esther , designs for the decoration of a ceiling , and the splendid painting of Samson and Delilah , both in the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 33 ) . In 1614 his eldest son was born .
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... since he was sure that to find numerous purchasers for them . The famous picture in the Antwerp Museum known under the. 60 Sketch for the decoration of the centre vault of the Jesuit Church Antwerp Drawing the Albertina at Vienna.
... since he was sure that to find numerous purchasers for them . The famous picture in the Antwerp Museum known under the. 60 Sketch for the decoration of the centre vault of the Jesuit Church Antwerp Drawing the Albertina at Vienna.
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The vividly white body of the dead Saviour shines as the only light through the prevailing darkness . This splendid work has been copied and reproduced a * Tercran Fig . 60 . SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION. 74 Study of Heads Drawing in the ...
The vividly white body of the dead Saviour shines as the only light through the prevailing darkness . This splendid work has been copied and reproduced a * Tercran Fig . 60 . SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION. 74 Study of Heads Drawing in the ...
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SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION OF THE CENTRE VAULT OF THE Jesuit CHURCH AT ANTWERP . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 78. ) ...
SKETCH FOR THE DECORATION OF THE CENTRE VAULT OF THE Jesuit CHURCH AT ANTWERP . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 78. ) ...
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that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus , the head of the Jesuit College at Antwerp , to the effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar ...
that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus , the head of the Jesuit College at Antwerp , to the effect that he would undertake the entire pictorial decoration of the church . He had already been entrusted with altar ...
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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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