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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Hermann Knackfuss. back of the composition , we may recognise in the
fascinating portrait in the Dresden Gallery of a lady with a baby on her lap ( Fig .
35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son . The
head of a ...
Hermann Knackfuss. back of the composition , we may recognise in the
fascinating portrait in the Dresden Gallery of a lady with a baby on her lap ( Fig .
35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son . The
head of a ...
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In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from
boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) . It was , however ,
only for expedition , and because he was so overburdened with work , not of ...
In the Galleries of Dresden and Munich for example , are vigourous scenes from
boar - hunts , the joint work of Rubens and Snyders ( Fig . 38 ) . It was , however ,
only for expedition , and because he was so overburdened with work , not of ...
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In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément
& Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 94 . ) bear no unfavourable
comparison with Paolo Veronese ' s Marriage in Cana of Galilee . In Munich there
...
In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément
& Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 94 . ) bear no unfavourable
comparison with Paolo Veronese ' s Marriage in Cana of Galilee . In Munich there
...
Page 99
In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément
& Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 94 . ) Lycian peasants who
had maliciously defiled the water , wherewith she desired to quench her thirst (
Fig .
In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément
& Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 94 . ) Lycian peasants who
had maliciously defiled the water , wherewith she desired to quench her thirst (
Fig .
Page 107
If the one at the Liechtenstein Gallery shows a special charm through its careful
execution , the other at Dresden seems likewise so perfect that it is difficult to
suppose that Rubens himself did not paint it the whole of it also . Albert , the elder
...
If the one at the Liechtenstein Gallery shows a special charm through its careful
execution , the other at Dresden seems likewise so perfect that it is difficult to
suppose that Rubens himself did not paint it the whole of it also . Albert , the elder
...
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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