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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Hermann Knackfuss. Portrait of RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J . Löwy , Vienna . Fig . 17 . THE
ELEYATION OF THE Cross .
Hermann Knackfuss. Portrait of RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J . Löwy , Vienna . Fig . 17 . THE
ELEYATION OF THE Cross .
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Fig . 15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30 .
) THE MINIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 26
. THE GARLAND. Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel.
Fig . 15 . THE ILDEFONSO Altar . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30 .
) THE MINIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 26
. THE GARLAND. Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel.
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In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St . Christopher . This latter
subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea
of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations : and the
...
In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their outer side St . Christopher . This latter
subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea
of Christ being thus carried is the binding link in all four representations : and the
...
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... master , - and another copy , — treated in the same way — of the Christ and
His Apostles , owned by the Duke of Lerma ; an Achilles disguised as a Woman ,
an impressive picture with. 57 The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna.
... master , - and another copy , — treated in the same way — of the Christ and
His Apostles , owned by the Duke of Lerma ; an Achilles disguised as a Woman ,
an impressive picture with. 57 The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at
Vienna.
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... commissioned towards the end of 1616 to paint an Altar - piece representing
the Adoration of the Magi . It was a composition which he had treated once before
with great success ,. 62 St Ignatius Loyola healing the Possessed In the Imperial
...
... commissioned towards the end of 1616 to paint an Altar - piece representing
the Adoration of the Magi . It was a composition which he had treated once before
with great success ,. 62 St Ignatius Loyola healing the Possessed In the Imperial
...
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