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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... you with his Holy Spirit . I shall continually pray for you ; and so also do our little children , who send their love and who — God knows — long so much to see you . Written on the ist of April at night between 12 and 1 o'clock .
... you with his Holy Spirit . I shall continually pray for you ; and so also do our little children , who send their love and who — God knows — long so much to see you . Written on the ist of April at night between 12 and 1 o'clock .
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We do not know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings . It represents the Dead Christ , supported by two angels and holding the symbols ...
We do not know however much about his early work ; although the Holy Trinity in the Museum at Antwerp is generally regarded as one of his first paintings . It represents the Dead Christ , supported by two angels and holding the symbols ...
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Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and , well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his ...
Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and , well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his ...
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... concluded in 1609 , gave peace at length to the sorely tried Netherlands . The true cultivation of Art now commenced and no longer met with opposition ; wherefore the industrious. 25 Madonna with the Holy Innocents In the Louvre.
... concluded in 1609 , gave peace at length to the sorely tried Netherlands . The true cultivation of Art now commenced and no longer met with opposition ; wherefore the industrious. 25 Madonna with the Holy Innocents In the Louvre.
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ww i Fig . 24. 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 . ( To page 42. ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS .
ww i Fig . 24. 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 . ( To page 42. ) Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY INNOCENTS .
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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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