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 dead Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and
friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head
is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the
...
The dead Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and
friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head
is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the
...
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THE LAMENTATION FOR CHRIST . In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their
outer side St . Christopher . This latter subject Rubens repeated again in a picture
now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea of Christ being thus carried is the binding link
...
THE LAMENTATION FOR CHRIST . In the Imperial Museum at Vienna . their
outer side St . Christopher . This latter subject Rubens repeated again in a picture
now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea of Christ being thus carried is the binding link
...
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Tradition tells us that the Rifle - corps - Guild only commissioned the artist to paint
a St . Christopher as the bearer of Christ , but that he of his own accord thus
dilated on the subject . Both these pictures , the Elevation and the Descent from
the ...
Tradition tells us that the Rifle - corps - Guild only commissioned the artist to paint
a St . Christopher as the bearer of Christ , but that he of his own accord thus
dilated on the subject . Both these pictures , the Elevation and the Descent from
the ...
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... Cupids in a great variety of attitudes ( Fig . 24 ) . They are probably sketches for
the charming picture painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ
surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; originally no doubt an altar - piece ,
but now in ...
... Cupids in a great variety of attitudes ( Fig . 24 ) . They are probably sketches for
the charming picture painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ
surrounded by playful Cherubs ( Fig . 25 ) ; originally no doubt an altar - piece ,
but now in ...
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The shoulders of the dead Christ , much foreshortened , rest against the knees of
the Madonna , who , with loving care , closes the glazing eyes of her dead Son .
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of ...
The shoulders of the dead Christ , much foreshortened , rest against the knees of
the Madonna , who , with loving care , closes the glazing eyes of her dead Son .
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of ...
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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 New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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