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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On the contrary I feel as if I could even give my own hearts - blood to help you . Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his own debt had been forgiven him , yet compelled his fellow - servant to ...
On the contrary I feel as if I could even give my own hearts - blood to help you . Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his own debt had been forgiven him , yet compelled his fellow - servant to ...
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I hope and trust in God , that he may punish us more leniently , and that he may still give us both joy after all this grief . For this I beseech him from the bottom of my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may ...
I hope and trust in God , that he may punish us more leniently , and that he may still give us both joy after all this grief . For this I beseech him from the bottom of my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may ...
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Borcas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by ...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Borcas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by ...
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The picture gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful harmony of its colour . The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the blue garment of the ...
The picture gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful harmony of its colour . The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the blue garment of the ...
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Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig . 62. ST . IGNATIUS LOYOLA HEALING THE Possessed. 76 Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig . 62. ST . IGNATIUS LOYOLA HEALING THE Possessed. 76 Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
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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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