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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Page 15
... belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to impart to his own creations something of the Titanic ...
... belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to impart to his own creations something of the Titanic ...
Page 22
... belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention must be made of a very fine St. Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica of which is at Dresden . In 1608 we find the artist ...
... belonging to Rubens ' Italian period , mention must be made of a very fine St. Sebastian in the Berlin Museum and an Inebriated Hercules in the Gallery at Cassel ; a larger replica of which is at Dresden . In 1608 we find the artist ...
Page 61
... belonging to this period or perhaps even somewhat earlier , is the Assumption of the Virgin , originally painted for the church of the Barefooted Friars ( Carmelites ) , but now in the Museum at Brussels , a work also completed entirely ...
... belonging to this period or perhaps even somewhat earlier , is the Assumption of the Virgin , originally painted for the church of the Barefooted Friars ( Carmelites ) , but now in the Museum at Brussels , a work also completed entirely ...
Page 64
... belonging to the Liebfrauenkirche at Malines . It was executed in 1618 in the brief period of only 10 days for the so - called " Brotherhood of the Fishermen " , and represents the Miraculous Draught of Fishes . Here is no display of ...
... belonging to the Liebfrauenkirche at Malines . It was executed in 1618 in the brief period of only 10 days for the so - called " Brotherhood of the Fishermen " , and represents the Miraculous Draught of Fishes . Here is no display of ...
Page 78
... belonging to the Society of Jesus attired in black robes . Above , in a cloud of light , hover a number of child - angels , whilst by his prayers the Saint is heals several demoniacs , brought to the steps of the altar ( Fig . 62 ) ...
... belonging to the Society of Jesus attired in black robes . Above , in a cloud of light , hover a number of child - angels , whilst by his prayers the Saint is heals several demoniacs , brought to the steps of the altar ( Fig . 62 ) ...
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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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