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 6
... give my own hearts - blood to help you . Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his own debt had been forgiven him , yet compelled his fellow - servant to pay him to the uttermost farthing ? Let your ...
... give my own hearts - blood to help you . Should I be like that most wicked servant in the Gospels , who , though all his own debt had been forgiven him , yet compelled his fellow - servant to pay him to the uttermost farthing ? Let your ...
Page 8
... give us both joy after all this grief . For this I beseech him from the bottom of my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may strengthen and comfort you with his Holy Spirit . I shall continually pray for you ; and so also ...
... give us both joy after all this grief . For this I beseech him from the bottom of my heart , recommending you to the Almighty , that he may strengthen and comfort you with his Holy Spirit . I shall continually pray for you ; and so also ...
Page 46
... give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters מ be of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux , now. 46.
... give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters מ be of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux , now. 46.
Page 64
... gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful harmony of its colour . The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the blue garment of the Virgin . Light ...
... gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful harmony of its colour . The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which forms a contrast with the blue garment of the Virgin . Light ...
Page 76
... and magnificence , though at the same time his genius never allowed itself to be lost in confused exaggeration . Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig . 62. ST . IGNATIUS LOYOLA HEALING THE POSSESSED. 76.
... and magnificence , though at the same time his genius never allowed itself to be lost in confused exaggeration . Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig . 62. ST . IGNATIUS LOYOLA HEALING THE POSSESSED. 76.
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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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