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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Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made ...
Masters of the Renaissance , and he had also an opportunity of continuing these studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made ...
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male and female heads drawn from the antique , with studies for folded hands on the same sheat ( Fig . 7 ) . Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably ...
male and female heads drawn from the antique , with studies for folded hands on the same sheat ( Fig . 7 ) . Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably ...
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... attends the Archduchess , Clara Eugenia Isabella ( Fig . 15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost 23 TO اطرف Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI .
... attends the Archduchess , Clara Eugenia Isabella ( Fig . 15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost 23 TO اطرف Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI .
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STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS . ( To page 42. ) ...
STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS . ( To page 42. ) ...
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He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which IN the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for.
He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which IN the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for.
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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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