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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Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold
marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such impressions that he
executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by
...
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold
marble awoke to life before his soul : and it was under such impressions that he
executed those translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by
...
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Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble
sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some
holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his
...
Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble
sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some
holy bishop and well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his
...
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Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain ,
Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo ' s “ Battle oj Anghiari ” and from
the celebrated Cena , both of which are preserved in the Louvre . It is also
probable ...
Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain ,
Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo ' s “ Battle oj Anghiari ” and from
the celebrated Cena , both of which are preserved in the Louvre . It is also
probable ...
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This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 11 ) .
Nevertheless he understood how to assimilate all these impressions and
inAuences and work them up independantly , without losing his own originality .
One of the ...
This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 11 ) .
Nevertheless he understood how to assimilate all these impressions and
inAuences and work them up independantly , without losing his own originality .
One of the ...
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Drawing in black and red chalk on green paper , washed and hightened with
white . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York , ( To page 34 . ) In the autumn
of 1608 ...
Drawing in black and red chalk on green paper , washed and hightened with
white . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York , ( To page 34 . ) In the autumn
of 1608 ...
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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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