Rubens

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Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages
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This 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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Page 56
... execute pictures of large dimensions in a comparatively short time : and it is
moreover confirmed by a letter preserved at the Plantin - Moretus Museum at
Antwerp , wherein Balthasar Moretus states that Rubens makes designs for
titlepages ...
Page 78
In the Plantin - Moretus Museum there are drawings by Jacob de Wit , and
reproductions from the 36 paintings which adorned the ceilings of the aisles and
of the galleries over them : but of the three paintings which were in the vestibule
only ...
Page 134
Moretus ' residence , now known as the Plantin - Moretus Museum at Antwerp still
possesses fourteen of these portraits , painted at different periods . The artist as
he had previously done also designed title - pages for his friend , continuing to ...
Page 154
This wonderfully executed picture , - never however intended for exhibition , - is
now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna . ... letters of condolence , written to his old
friend Balthasar Moretus , and still preserved in the Plantin - Moretus Museum .

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Contents

Abraham and Melchisedek Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna 12 Victory crowning a Hero In the Pinakothek at Munich
12
The Rivergod Tiber or Tigris with the Goddess of Plenty in the Hermitage at St Petersburg
13
Rubens and his wife Isabella Brant In the Pinakothek at Munich
14
The Altar of St Ildefonso In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna
16
17The Elevation of the Cross From an engraving by Witdoek
17
The Descent from the Cross In the Antwerp Museum
18
St Christophorus In the Pinakothek at Munich
20
Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel
21
Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
22
Perseus and Andromeda In the Berlin Museum
23
Studies of Putti Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
24
Madonna with the Holy Innocents In the Louvre
25
Two Satyrs In the Pinakothek at Munich
30
Bacchanalia In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
31
Faun and Diana The Gifts of Autumn In the Picture Gallery at Dresden
32
The Garland of Fruit In the Pinakothek at Munich
33
Meleager and Atalanta In the Pinakothek at Munich
34
The Picture of Ceres In the Hermitage St Petersburg
35
Head of a Child Rubens cldest daughter In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
36
The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ in a wreath of flowers The flowers painted by Jan Breughel In the Pinakothek at Munich
37
The Boar Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich
38
Study of a Jórse Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
39
The Lion Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich
40
The Resurrection of the Just In the Pinakothek at Munich
41
The Punishment of the Unjust In the Pinakothek at Munich
42
The last Judgment In the Pinakothek at Munich
43
The Adoration of the Shepherds In the Pinakothek at Munich
44
Pietà Sketch for the altar piece in the Museum at Antwerp In the Albertina at Vienna
45
Death of the Consul P Decius Mus Sketch for an engraving in the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
46
The Destruction of the hosts of Sennacherib In the Pinakothek at Munich
47
The Angel of the Lord smites the hosts of Sennacherib Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
48
The Conversion of St Paul In the Pinakothek at Munich
49
The Battle of the Amazons In the Pinakothek at Munich
50
Head of a Child Nicholas Rubens as a child Drawing in the Alber tina at Vienna
51
Mary Refuge of Sinners In the Gallery at Cassel
52
The Communion of St Francis In the Museum at Antwerp
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Christ and the four Penitents In the Pinakothek at Munich
54
Erechthonius and the Daughters of Cecrops In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
55
The Toilet of Venus In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
56
The Four Continents In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna
57
Christ on the Cross In the Musenm at Antwerp
58
Portrait of Baron Heinrich von Wicq In the Louvre at Paris
67
Maria de Medici In the Prado at Madrid
68
The Marriage of Maria de Medici by Proxy Sketch for the picture of
69
The Reconciliation Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in the Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich 89
71
Study from the Nude Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
72
Study of a Head Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
73
Study of Heads Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Study of a Head Drawing in red chalk in the Uffizi at Florence
75
Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
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Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
77
Portrait of a Marquis name illegible of the Court of Maria de Medici Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
78
Portrait of a Man In the Pinakothek at Munich
79
Portrait of a Man In the Dresden Gallery
80
Portrait of a Lady In the Dresden Gallery 99
82
Portrait of a young Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
102
Portrait of an old Lady In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
103
Portrait of a Lady of the Boonen Family In the Louvre at Paris
105
Portrait of Dr van Thulden In the Pinakothek at Munich
107
Portrait of a Levantine In the Cassel Gallery IOS 88 The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob In the Pinakothek at Munich
109
The Boar Hunt In the Dresden Gallery II Landscape with a Rainbow In the Pinakothek at Munich 112 Landscape with Shepherds In the Louvre at ...
112
Portrait of Isabella Brant In the Hermitage at St Petershurg II2 92 The Artists Sons Albert and Nicolas In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna
113
The Massacre of the Innocents In the Pinakothek at Munich
114
Rubens Sons From the picture in the Dresden Gallery
115
Philip IV King of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
116
Elizabeth of France Queen of Spain In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
117
Helena Fourment and her eldest Son In the Pinakothek at Munich
118
Elizabeth of France In the Louvre at Paris
119
The Holy Family In the WallrafRichartz Museum at Cologne
120
Helena Fourment as a Bride In the Pinakothek at Munich
121
Portrait of the Artist by himself Sketch for the picture Rubens and Helène Fourment in the Garden in the Pinakothek at Munich Drawing in the Alber...
123
Rubens with his second Wife in their Garden In the Pinakothek at Munich 101 Sketch for the picture The Garden of Love Drawing in the Louvre at...
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Helèna Fourment From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam
127
Helena Fourment sitting under a portico on an armchair In the Pina kothek at Munich
129
The Garden of Love In the Prado at Madrid
131
The Garden of Love In the Dresden Gallery
133
Helèna Fourment In the Hermitage at St Petersburg
135
the dejected Belgians Coloured sketch in the Hermitage at St Petersburg
136
The Captives Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna
137
Portrait of a Man of Letters In the Pinakothek at Munich
139
Medici Gallery in the Louvre In the Pinakothek at Munich
163
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TitleRubens
Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX
AuthorHermann Knackfuss
Translated byLuise Marie Schwaab Richter
PublisherVelhagen & Klasing, 1904
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized21 Nov 2008
Length168 pages
  
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