RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages 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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... altar in that church . She makes no allusion to their so- journ at Siegen , and it can easily be understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad ...
... altar in that church . She makes no allusion to their so- journ at Siegen , and it can easily be understood why the family avoided speaking of it ; for there is no doubt that the loving mother tried to hide from her children those sad ...
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... altar - pieces . The " Crowning with Thorns " , the " Crucifixion " and the " Invention of the Cross " were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9. CHRIST ...
... altar - pieces . The " Crowning with Thorns " , the " Crucifixion " and the " Invention of the Cross " were the three pictures painted by Rubens on this occasion for this purpose . They remained in situ until 1811 , when Fig . 9. CHRIST ...
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... altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ( Chiesa Nuova ) . Before , however , he could finish it , he was re- called by the Duke of Mantua , in whose company in the following year he went to Genoa . Here he ...
... altar - piece for an Oratory just built , known as the new church ( Chiesa Nuova ) . Before , however , he could finish it , he was re- called by the Duke of Mantua , in whose company in the following year he went to Genoa . Here he ...
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... altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15 ...
... altar- pieces : the Circumcision and St. Ignatius healing a Demoniac and restoring to life Dead Children . This latter , which is very large , is a splendid work . Fig . 14. RUBENS AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA BRANT . ( To page 22. ) Fig . 15 ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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