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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On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
On other occasions Rubens treated his subject even more freely ; as for instance in his Triumph of Julius Caesar in the National Gallery : a sketch intended to be a free interpretation of a portion of the fine cartoons by Andrea ...
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These last are also still in the Madrid Gallery , but the figure of Christ himself has disappeared . Later replicas of these thirteen pictures are to be found at the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome , while a number of drawings for them are ...
These last are also still in the Madrid Gallery , but the figure of Christ himself has disappeared . Later replicas of these thirteen pictures are to be found at the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome , while a number of drawings for them are ...
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THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . From an engraving by. Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEYATION OF THE Cross . From an engraving by. Portrait of an unknown man In the Gallery at Cassel Perseus and Andromeda In the Hermitage at St Petersburg.
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One of the pictures that he painted for the Duke of Mantua , - now in the Dresden Gallery - , represents , it would seem , the Apotheosis of that Prince : a young hero victorious over Envy and Discord receives from the Goddess of ...
One of the pictures that he painted for the Duke of Mantua , - now in the Dresden Gallery - , represents , it would seem , the Apotheosis of that Prince : a young hero victorious over Envy and Discord receives from the Goddess of ...
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... portrait of Isabella Brant , whose features henceforth can often be traced in various pictures by the artist , is to be found in the Uffizi Gallery at Florence . - Fig . 20 . THE DESCENT FROM THE Cross .
... portrait of Isabella Brant , whose features henceforth can often be traced in various pictures by the artist , is to be found in the Uffizi Gallery at Florence . - Fig . 20 . THE DESCENT FROM THE Cross .
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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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