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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... ( probably the mother of the Orange princes ) " which I have conveyed to you in another letter , still give me hope . . . . I cannot believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated . ... O God ! may that never be ! My ...
... ( probably the mother of the Orange princes ) " which I have conveyed to you in another letter , still give me hope . . . . I cannot believe that we shall be so completely and so miserably separated . ... O God ! may that never be ! My ...
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... probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was supposed to ...
... probably for this reason that Peter Paul Rubens thought himself justified in stating : that he had passed the first 10 years of his life in Cologne . It is therefore not to be wondered at , that for centuries Cologne was supposed to ...
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... probably served as a model for some holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his studies from life ( Fig . 8 ) . In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the ...
... probably served as a model for some holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his studies from life ( Fig . 8 ) . In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the ...
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... probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; ori- ginally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the Louvre . He also ...
... probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; ori- ginally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the Louvre . He also ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 34. MELEAGER AND ATALANTA . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) Fig . 35. LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 34. MELEAGER AND ATALANTA . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) Fig . 35. LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant.
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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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