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 18
... known as the new church ( Chiesa Nuova ) . Before , however , he could finish it , he was re- called by the Duke of Mantua , in whose company in the following year he went to Genoa . Here he devoted special attention to the architecture ...
... known as the new church ( Chiesa Nuova ) . Before , however , he could finish it , he was re- called by the Duke of Mantua , in whose company in the following year he went to Genoa . Here he devoted special attention to the architecture ...
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... known personage or not . We find similar pictures differing but slightly from each other in the collections at Vienna , Cassel and Munich ( Fig . 12 ) . If such allegories have little interest for us at the present day , they were much ...
... known personage or not . We find similar pictures differing but slightly from each other in the collections at Vienna , Cassel and Munich ( Fig . 12 ) . If such allegories have little interest for us at the present day , they were much ...
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... known as the Madonna under the Apple- Tree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion both the wings were taken off , 3 in order to make a separate picture of ...
... known as the Madonna under the Apple- Tree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion both the wings were taken off , 3 in order to make a separate picture of ...
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... known and much admired picture . The dead Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is ...
... known and much admired picture . The dead Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is ...
Page 44
... known as the Statue of Ceres . Here exquisite baby - figures crowd around a niche containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit ( Fig . 27 ) . It is possible , that this fine sketch was originally intended as a ...
... known as the Statue of Ceres . Here exquisite baby - figures crowd around a niche containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit ( Fig . 27 ) . It is possible , that this fine sketch was originally intended as a ...
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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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