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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... was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
... was perhaps the most zealous . He appointed the young Fleming his court - painter Fig . 8 . HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York .
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Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered perhaps Fig . 27. THE PICTURE OF Ceres .
Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered perhaps Fig . 27. THE PICTURE OF Ceres .
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It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more fascinating . In the spacious landscape overhung by.
It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more fascinating . In the spacious landscape overhung by.
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In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered ...
In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered ...
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The remarkable features of this work lie perhaps less in the profusion of rising and falling bodies , than in the general effect of the whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted .
The remarkable features of this work lie perhaps less in the profusion of rising and falling bodies , than in the general effect of the whole , which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted .
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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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