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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7 PREFACE . The fact is unquestionable , that this volume. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER .
7 PREFACE . The fact is unquestionable , that this volume. PORTRAIT OF RUBENS BY HIMSELF . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by J. Löwy , Vienna . ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER .
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Both these princes , however , took into consideration the fact , a proceethat such ding would only make matters worse by Demosthenes, from a series of antique portrait - busts designed by Rubens Engraving by H Witlock.
Both these princes , however , took into consideration the fact , a proceethat such ding would only make matters worse by Demosthenes, from a series of antique portrait - busts designed by Rubens Engraving by H Witlock.
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O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that > Fig . 2. THE APOSTLES PETER AND Paul . Drawing. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR .
O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that > Fig . 2. THE APOSTLES PETER AND Paul . Drawing. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR .
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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN . In the Pinakothek at Munich . how come soon enough . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . To be always thinking ( To page 13. ) of death and dreading death is worse than death ...
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN . In the Pinakothek at Munich . how come soon enough . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . To be always thinking ( To page 13. ) of death and dreading death is worse than death ...
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For the Count of Nassau needed a large sum of money to help his brother in the war against the Spanish SupreFig . 4. DEMOCRITOS , from a series of antique portrait - heads . macy . It was therefore only Engraving by L. Vostermann .
For the Count of Nassau needed a large sum of money to help his brother in the war against the Spanish SupreFig . 4. DEMOCRITOS , from a series of antique portrait - heads . macy . It was therefore only Engraving by L. Vostermann .
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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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