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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The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed
scenes from Ariosto ' s Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio ' s Decamerone . Thus
the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the ...
The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed
scenes from Ariosto ' s Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio ' s Decamerone . Thus
the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the ...
Page 86
The origin of this picture , which now hangs beside the great Antwerp altarpieces
in the Imperial Museum at Vienna , is not known : but there is no doubt that it was
painted in 1621 , and the choice of that particular Saint seems to refer to the ...
The origin of this picture , which now hangs beside the great Antwerp altarpieces
in the Imperial Museum at Vienna , is not known : but there is no doubt that it was
painted in 1621 , and the choice of that particular Saint seems to refer to the ...
Page 108
... form part of the Imperial Museum at Vienna . The dilettante tastes of
Buckingham gave Rubens a pretext for undertaking , without attracting attention ,
a journey to Holland , the object of which was really political . He had very much
at heart.
... form part of the Imperial Museum at Vienna . The dilettante tastes of
Buckingham gave Rubens a pretext for undertaking , without attracting attention ,
a journey to Holland , the object of which was really political . He had very much
at heart.
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... riotous and unruly manner in another picture , called the Sacrifice to Venus ,
now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna . Here we do not find as in the first
composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the spontaneous freedom
expressed in ...
... riotous and unruly manner in another picture , called the Sacrifice to Venus ,
now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna . Here we do not find as in the first
composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the spontaneous freedom
expressed in ...
Page 142
109 ) , and the magnificent one of himself in the Imperial Gallery at Vienna ,
which probably dates from about 1635 . To these may be added moreover , as
belonging to the same period , a series of landscapes , realistic in conception ,
but ...
109 ) , and the magnificent one of himself in the Imperial Gallery at Vienna ,
which probably dates from about 1635 . To these may be added moreover , as
belonging to the same period , a series of landscapes , realistic in conception ,
but ...
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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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