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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Page 139
It served to decorate an erection near St . George ' s Church : in it Neptune the
God of the Sea is represented calming the waves during the voyage of the
Cardinal Infant . This canvas is known under the title of Virgil ' s well known words
“ Quos ...
It served to decorate an erection near St . George ' s Church : in it Neptune the
God of the Sea is represented calming the waves during the voyage of the
Cardinal Infant . This canvas is known under the title of Virgil ' s well known words
“ Quos ...
Page 148
... a picture at the Cologne Museum representing Mary with the Infant Christ and
the little St . John , behind whom is St . Joseph . The naked Christ Child here is
but a repetition of the infant Francis Rubens of the Louvre Collection ( Fig . 120 ) .
... a picture at the Cologne Museum representing Mary with the Infant Christ and
the little St . John , behind whom is St . Joseph . The naked Christ Child here is
but a repetition of the infant Francis Rubens of the Louvre Collection ( Fig . 120 ) .
Page 154
With regard to his interment , he requested that a mortuary chapel should be
erected , adorned with an altar - piece painted by himself , representing the Virgin
with the Infant Christ and various Saints : and with a marble figure of the
Madonna ...
With regard to his interment , he requested that a mortuary chapel should be
erected , adorned with an altar - piece painted by himself , representing the Virgin
with the Infant Christ and various Saints : and with a marble figure of the
Madonna ...
Page 155
Beneath an arbour the Virgin sufforts the Infant Christ who is seated in her lap . In
the foreground St . Bonaventura kneels in adoration , behind her is seen St .
Jerome with an open Bible . On the other side St . George and three Holy Women
...
Beneath an arbour the Virgin sufforts the Infant Christ who is seated in her lap . In
the foreground St . Bonaventura kneels in adoration , behind her is seen St .
Jerome with an open Bible . On the other side St . George and three Holy Women
...
Page 162
Head of a Child ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at
Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ in a
wreath of flowers . ( The flowers painted by Jan Breughel ) . In the Pinakothek at
Munich ...
Head of a Child ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at
Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . The Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ in a
wreath of flowers . ( The flowers painted by Jan Breughel ) . In the Pinakothek at
Munich ...
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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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