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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THE RIVERGOD TIBER ( OR TIGRIS ) WITH THE GODDESS OF PLENTY . In the
Hermitage at St . Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 22 . ) parts in the
years ...
THE RIVERGOD TIBER ( OR TIGRIS ) WITH THE GODDESS OF PLENTY . In the
Hermitage at St . Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 22 . ) parts in the
years ...
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... the Dresden Gallery - , represents , it would seem , the Apotheosis of that
Prince : a young hero victorious over Envy and Discord receives from the
Goddess of Victory a Crown of Bay . Rubens dealt with the same subject a variety
of times ...
... the Dresden Gallery - , represents , it would seem , the Apotheosis of that
Prince : a young hero victorious over Envy and Discord receives from the
Goddess of Victory a Crown of Bay . Rubens dealt with the same subject a variety
of times ...
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Here exquisite baby - figures crowd around a niche containing a figure of the
goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit ( Fig . 27 ) . It is possible , that this fine
sketch was originally intended as a design for a titlepage , such as in 1603
Rubens ...
Here exquisite baby - figures crowd around a niche containing a figure of the
goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit ( Fig . 27 ) . It is possible , that this fine
sketch was originally intended as a design for a titlepage , such as in 1603
Rubens ...
Page 71
... were , in their own brilliance , so frequently painted by Rubens as Mary
Magdalene , appears in an altogether different rôle , - as the Personification of
the Goddess of Love , - in a very carefully executed picture in the Liechtenstein -
Gallery .
... were , in their own brilliance , so frequently painted by Rubens as Mary
Magdalene , appears in an altogether different rôle , - as the Personification of
the Goddess of Love , - in a very carefully executed picture in the Liechtenstein -
Gallery .
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The third sister , who did not break the goddess ' injunction , stands aloof under a
tree , and is one of the most attractive maidens that Rubens ever painted ( Fig .
55 ) . Her figure , undraped , with head and shoulders enveloped in a clear ...
The third sister , who did not break the goddess ' injunction , stands aloof under a
tree , and is one of the most attractive maidens that Rubens ever painted ( Fig .
55 ) . Her figure , undraped , with head and shoulders enveloped in a clear ...
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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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