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 34
... pupils : and that , after the completion of the picture , 8 florins 10 stübers were paid for a pair of gloves as a present for his wife . Rubens ' Descent from the Cross is a well known and much admired picture . The dead Christ lowered ...
... pupils : and that , after the completion of the picture , 8 florins 10 stübers were paid for a pair of gloves as a present for his wife . Rubens ' Descent from the Cross is a well known and much admired picture . The dead Christ lowered ...
Page 38
... pupils should flock to him as soon as he had settled in that city . In fact there were such a number desirous of studying under him that he was obliged to pass them on to other painters ; and , indeed , as he wrote to a friend of his ...
... pupils should flock to him as soon as he had settled in that city . In fact there were such a number desirous of studying under him that he was obliged to pass them on to other painters ; and , indeed , as he wrote to a friend of his ...
Page 48
... pupils in executing his pictures , especially in large compositions and replicas : but he himself always put in the final touches ; thus giving them the stamp of his genius . The pupils entered into the ideas of their masters as far as ...
... pupils in executing his pictures , especially in large compositions and replicas : but he himself always put in the final touches ; thus giving them the stamp of his genius . The pupils entered into the ideas of their masters as far as ...
Page 56
... pupils is unmistakeable in the larger picture at Munich : and the same is the case with two other altar - pieces executed also for the Prince Palatine some years later : the Nativity and the Descent of the Holy Ghost , both likewise now ...
... pupils is unmistakeable in the larger picture at Munich : and the same is the case with two other altar - pieces executed also for the Prince Palatine some years later : the Nativity and the Descent of the Holy Ghost , both likewise now ...
Page 57
... pupil which , however , might pose as an original if the master were to touch it up - ; a St. Peter with other fishermen taking the Tribute - money from the Fish's mouth , painted from life ; a replica of the Lion Hunt , painted for the ...
... pupil which , however , might pose as an original if the master were to touch it up - ; a St. Peter with other fishermen taking the Tribute - money from the Fish's mouth , painted from life ; a replica of the Lion Hunt , painted for the ...
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