Rubens

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Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages
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Rubens BY ,y hTknackfuss TRANSLATED BY LOUISE M. RICHTER WITH 122
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PICTURES AND DRAWINGS BIELEFELD AND LEIPZIG
VELHAGEN cS; KLASING LONDON H. GREVEL & CO. 33, KING STREET ...
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Then for four years he worked 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 /ith any ...
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It must be admitted, that this picture taken as a whole, is neither 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 ot 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 also ...
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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.

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Contents

Portrait of a Franciscan Monk In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Victory crowning a Hero In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Rivergod Tiber or Tigris with the Goddess of Plenty In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Rubens and his wife Isabella Brant In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Altar of St Ildefonso Inthe Imperial Gallery at Vienna
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i6 The Elevation of the Cross Drawing in black and red chalk on green paper washed and hightened with white in the Louvre at Paris
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I7The Elevation of the Cross From an engraving by Witdoek
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The Descent from the Cross In the Antwerp Museum
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St Christophorus In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Descent from the Cross In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel
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Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Perseus and Andromeda In the Berlin Museum
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Studies of Putti Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Madonna with the Holy Innocents In the Louvre
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The Garland of Fruit In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Picture of Ceres In the Hermitage St Petersburg
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The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna
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The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux In the Pinakothek at Munich Page
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Two Satyrs In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Bacchanalia In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
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Faun and Diana The Gifts of Autumn In the Picture Gallery at Dresden
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The Betrayal of Samson In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Meleager and Atalanta In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Lady and Child probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht In the Picture Gallery at Dresden
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Head of a Child Rubens eldest daughter In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
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The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ in a wreath of flowers The flowers painted by Jan Breughel In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Boar Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Study of a Horse Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna 4S 40 The Lion Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Resurrection of the Just In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Punishment of the Unjust In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Adoration of the Shepherds In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Picta Sketch for the altarpiece in the Museum at Antwerp In the Albertina at Vienna
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Death of the Consul P Decius Mus Sketch for an engraving in the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
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The Destruction of the hosts of Sennacherib In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Angel of the Lord smites the hosts of Sennacherib Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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The Conversion of St Paul In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Battle of the Amazons In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Head of a Child Nicholas Rubens as a child Drawing in the Alber tina at Vienna
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Mary Refuge of Sinners In the Gallery at Cassel
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The Communion of St Francis In the Museum at Antwerp
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Christ and the four Penitents In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Erechthonius and the Daughters of Cecrops In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
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The Toilet of Venus In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
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The Journey to Pont de Ce Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich Page 88
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The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna
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Christ on the Cross In the Musenm at Antwerp
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It is finished In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Sketch for the decoration of the centre vault of the Jesuit Church at Antwerp Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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The Assumption of the Virgin In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Study from the Nude Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Study of a Head Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Study of Heads Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Study of a Head Drawing in red chalk in the Uffizi at Florence
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Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Portrait of a Marquis name illegible of the Court of Maria de Medici Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Portrait of a Man In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Portrait of a Man In the Dresden Gallery
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Portrait of a Lady In the Dresden Gallery
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Portrait of a Man In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Portrait of a young Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Portrait of an old Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Portrait of a Lady of the Boonen Family In the Louvre at Paris
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Portrait of Dr van Thulden In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Portrait of a Levantine In the Cassel Gallery
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The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Latona and the Lycian Peasants In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Duke of Buckingham In the Collection of Drawings in the Albertina at Vienna
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Portrait of Isabella Brant In the Hermitage at St Petershurg
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The Artists Sons Albert and Nicolas In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
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Rubens Sons From the picture in the Dresden Gallery
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Philip IV King of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Elizabeth of France Queen of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Elizabeth of France In the Louvre at Paris
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r Maia di Medici Drawing in the Louvre
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Helena Fourment as a Bride In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Portrait of the Artist by himself Sketch for the picture Rubens and Helene Fourment in the Garden in the Pinakothek at Munich Drawing in the Albe...
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Rubens with his second Wife in their Garden In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Sketch for the picture The Garden of Love Drawing in the Louvre at Paris
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Helena Fourment From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam
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Helena Fourment sitting under a portico on an armchair In the Pina kothek at Munich
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The Garden of Love In the Prado at Madrid
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The Garden of Love In the Dresden Gallery
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Helena Fourment In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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Sketch for a Decorative Structure erected on the ComMarket at Amsterdam on the occasion of the Entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria I...
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The Captives Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Portrait of a Man of Letters In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Fig no The BoarHunt In the Dresden Gallery Page
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Landscape with a Rainbow In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Landscape with Shepherds In the Louvre at Paris
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Landscape with Cows In the Pinakothek at Munich
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The Massacre of the Innocents In the Pinakothek at Munich
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A Franciscan Monk Study In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
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St Francis receiving the Stigmata In the WallrafRichartz Museum at Cologne
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The Fair In the Louvre
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Helena Fourment and her eldest Son In the Pinakothek at Munich
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Helena Fourment with two Children In the Louvre
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The Holy Family In the WallrafRichartz Museum at Cologne
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The Crucifixion of St Peter In St Peters Church at Cologne
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TitleRubens
Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX
AuthorHermann Knackfuss
Translated byLuise Marie Schwaab Richter
PublisherVelhagen & Klasing, 1904
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized21 Nov 2008
Length168 pages
  
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