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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It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neithe " satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand , an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore ...
It must be admitted , that this picture taken as a whole , is neithe " satisfactory nor beautiful , but it certainly shows an original masterhand , an overwhelming and exuberant power , tending to create exaggerated form and bold fore ...
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A portrait bust of a Young Man in the old Pinakothek at Munich also shows his method of executing portraits ( Fig . 3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived ...
A portrait bust of a Young Man in the old Pinakothek at Munich also shows his method of executing portraits ( Fig . 3 ) at this early period . In the same collection is a sketch in oil of an Old Lady in a Black Veil , conceived ...
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His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at the ...
His copies of the portrait of Isabella d'Este , now in the Museum of ArtHistory at Vienna : and of a young Venetian lady at Dresden , both after Titian , clearly show how minutely Rubens had studied that great colourist , and how at the ...
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The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age , shows how famous the artist had then become . Gonzaga replied , however , that ...
The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested the Duke of Mantua to send back to him his own subject Peter Paul Rubens , then about 30 years of age , shows how famous the artist had then become . Gonzaga replied , however , that ...
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To show his gratitude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any > remuneration . He gave to it the shape of an. 28 The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
To show his gratitude for so much honour , he painted this altar - piece without demanding any > remuneration . He gave to it the shape of an. 28 The Lamentation for Christ In the Imperial Museum at Vienna.
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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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