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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... studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to ...
... studies , in the rich collections of Painting and Sculpture belonging to his patron Vincenzo Gonzaga himself . At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . His attempts to ...
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... studies from life ( Fig . 8 ) . In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of ...
... studies from life ( Fig . 8 ) . In 1603 he was sent to Spain by the Duke of Mantua . It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of ...
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... Clare attends the Archduchess , Clara Eugenia Isabella ( Fig . 15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost 23 TO اطرف Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI . 30.
... Clare attends the Archduchess , Clara Eugenia Isabella ( Fig . 15 ) . In this work Rubens has succeeded in uniting a marvellous chiaro - oscuro , with a brilliancy of colouring , which is almost 23 TO اطرف Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI . 30.
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Hermann Knackfuss. 23 TO اطرف Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY ...
Hermann Knackfuss. 23 TO اطرف Fig . 24. STUDIES OF PUTTI . Pen and ink drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . Fig . 25 . MADONNA WITH THE HOLY ...
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... hunting . He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which IN the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for. 52.
... hunting . He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which IN the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for. 52.
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