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 gentlemen ...
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 gentlemen ...
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In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18 . ) 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 . ( To page 18 . ) A perfect
courtier , he was much esteemed by the Prince of Parma , whose court - painter
he became .
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... pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained
in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9 . Christ , from a series of drawings : Christ and the
twelve Apostles . In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original
...
... pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained
in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9 . Christ , from a series of drawings : Christ and the
twelve Apostles . In the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original
...
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... by Rubens after Michelangelo ' s Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . 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 .
... by Rubens after Michelangelo ' s Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . 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 .
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Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold
marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such impressions that he
executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by
...
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold
marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such impressions that he
executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by
...
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