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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Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble ...
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 15. ) I suffer with the same pain that you are suffering . I believe that if these noble ...
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In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became .
In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . A perfect courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter he became .
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8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . In the Albertina at Vienna .
8 . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . In the Albertina at Vienna .
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( To page 18. ) they were brought to England , only to be sold. In the Albertina at Vienna . ( To page 22. ) 14.
( To page 18. ) they were brought to England , only to be sold. In the Albertina at Vienna . ( To page 22. ) 14.
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His attempts to impart to his own creations something of the Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in Vienna ( Fig . 2 ) , representing his two patrons ...
His attempts to impart to his own creations something of the Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in Vienna ( Fig . 2 ) , representing his two patrons ...
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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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