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 is also probable that he painted in the same city, in order to rival Leonardo, the
Lord's Supper which is now in the Brera Collection. The fact that in 1607 the
Archduke Albrecht requested the. Fig. 14. Rueens and his wife Isaeeli.a Brant.
It is also probable that he painted in the same city, in order to rival Leonardo, the
Lord's Supper which is now in the Brera Collection. The fact that in 1607 the
Archduke Albrecht requested the. Fig. 14. Rueens and his wife Isaeeli.a Brant.
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We find similar pictures differing but slightly from each other in the collections at
Vienna, Cassel and Munich (Fig. 1 2). If such allegories have little interest for us
at the present day, they were much appreciated at that time. To the same
category ...
We find similar pictures differing but slightly from each other in the collections at
Vienna, Cassel and Munich (Fig. 1 2). If such allegories have little interest for us
at the present day, they were much appreciated at that time. To the same
category ...
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Among collection of drawings at the Albertina, is a sheet covered with hastily-
drawn, but none the less charming, Cupids in a great variety of attitudes (Fig. 24).
They are probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period : Mary
...
Among collection of drawings at the Albertina, is a sheet covered with hastily-
drawn, but none the less charming, Cupids in a great variety of attitudes (Fig. 24).
They are probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period : Mary
...
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A similar idea is to be found in a delightful sketch in the Hermitage Collection,
known as the Statue of Ceres. Here exquisite baby-figures crowd around a niche
containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit (Fig. 27).
A similar idea is to be found in a delightful sketch in the Hermitage Collection,
known as the Statue of Ceres. Here exquisite baby-figures crowd around a niche
containing a figure of the goddess and adorn it with garlands of fruit (Fig. 27).
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If we look for dates on Rubens' pictures we may find a mythological painting of
Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel, dated 1613; and another delicious
little night-piece, representing the Flight into Egypt in the same collection, dated ...
If we look for dates on Rubens' pictures we may find a mythological painting of
Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel, dated 1613; and another delicious
little night-piece, representing the Flight into Egypt in the same collection, dated ...
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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 | H. Grevel & Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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