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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Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he
would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed
as thorough a knowledge IyPageave Hans DEL Fig . 31 . BACCHANALIA .
Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he
would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed
as thorough a knowledge IyPageave Hans DEL Fig . 31 . BACCHANALIA .
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Mythology always seemed to 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 of Leucippos by Castor
...
Mythology always seemed to 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 of Leucippos by Castor
...
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In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from
boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) . It was , however ,
only for expedition , and because he was so overburdened with work , not of ...
In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from
boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) . It was , however ,
only for expedition , and because he was so overburdened with work , not of ...
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... which is still in situ , are scenes from the lives of the two SS . John : the Baptist
and the Evangelist . Cardinal Richelieu offered 10 , 000 forins for these works
alone , but the parishionors firmly declined his offer . Another painting , of a
different ...
... which is still in situ , are scenes from the lives of the two SS . John : the Baptist
and the Evangelist . Cardinal Richelieu offered 10 , 000 forins for these works
alone , but the parishionors firmly declined his offer . Another painting , of a
different ...
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... wife of Cleophas , and St . John shrink away from the mournful scene ; whilst
Mary Magdalen , clinging to the cross and resting her head and body against it ,
holds up her white arms to ward off the Roman with his cruel weapon ( Fig . 58 ) .
... wife of Cleophas , and St . John shrink away from the mournful scene ; whilst
Mary Magdalen , clinging to the cross and resting her head and body against it ,
holds up her white arms to ward off the Roman with his cruel weapon ( Fig . 58 ) .
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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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