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 . રિ The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested.
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 . રિ The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested.
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We find similar pictures differing but slightly from each other in the collections at Vienna , Cassel and Munich ( Fig . 12 ) . If such allegories have little interest for us at the present day , they were much appreciated at that time ...
We find similar pictures differing but slightly from each other in the collections at Vienna , Cassel and Munich ( Fig . 12 ) . If such allegories have little interest for us at the present day , they were much appreciated at that time ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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... 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 1614.
... 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 1614.
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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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