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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RUBENS BY H. KNACKFUSS TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH
122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS UK BIELEFELD AND
LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON H. GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING
STREET ...
RUBENS BY H. KNACKFUSS TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH
122 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS UK BIELEFELD AND
LEIPZIG VELHAGEN & KLASING LONDON H. GREVEL & CO . 33 , KING
STREET ...
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... in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries
for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we can now form no judgement
whatever , since no picture now extant can vith any certainty be attributed to him .
... in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries
for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we can now form no judgement
whatever , since no picture now extant can vith any certainty be attributed to him .
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It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neithe satisfactory nor
beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand , an overwhelming and
exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening
...
It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neithe satisfactory nor
beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand , an overwhelming and
exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore - shortening
...
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with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him
a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he
was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he ...
with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and we know that Rubens painted for him
a number of fine portraits , besides various other pictures . In the year 1601 he
was sent to Rome to copy some of the celebrated old masters . Whilst there he ...
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For his works are not merely copies , but rather faithful translations into his own
language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may
even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty .
For his works are not merely copies , but rather faithful translations into his own
language of colour and form ; especially the Dresden picture , where one may
even detect in the fair Venetian something of his own Flemish ideals of beauty .
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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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