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 42
... attitudes ( Fig . 24 ) . They are probably sketches for the charming picture
painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs
( Fig . 25 ) ; originally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the
Louvre .
... attitudes ( Fig . 24 ) . They are probably sketches for the charming picture
painted at this period : Mary with the Infant Christ surrounded by playful Cherubs
( Fig . 25 ) ; originally no doubt an altar - piece , but now in the Gallery of the
Louvre .
Page 74
The artist again depicted the Death of the Saviour , a painting now in the Louvre ,
with only the Virgin , St . John and the Magdalen , grouped at the foot of the cross
, forming a mournful silhouette on a lonely hill : Fig . 59 . “ IT IS FINISHED .
The artist again depicted the Death of the Saviour , a painting now in the Louvre ,
with only the Virgin , St . John and the Magdalen , grouped at the foot of the cross
, forming a mournful silhouette on a lonely hill : Fig . 59 . “ IT IS FINISHED .
Page 82
Among the portraits by Rubens ' own hand , which have come down to us , of his
Prince - patron we must single out the superb equestrian one in the Royal
collection at Windsor , of which there is a drawing in the Louvre . It appears that
he had ...
Among the portraits by Rubens ' own hand , which have come down to us , of his
Prince - patron we must single out the superb equestrian one in the Royal
collection at Windsor , of which there is a drawing in the Louvre . It appears that
he had ...
Page 83
This work , with its fascinating landscape , in which 3 . LOUSE Fig . 66 .
TOURNAMENT OUTSIDE A Castle . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph
from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach Paris and New - York . ( To
page 83 . ) ...
This work , with its fascinating landscape , in which 3 . LOUSE Fig . 66 .
TOURNAMENT OUTSIDE A Castle . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph
from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach Paris and New - York . ( To
page 83 . ) ...
Page 84
In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément &
Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 86 . ) and he declared that he
enjoyed most those works , which admitted of execution in full sized proportions .
In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément &
Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 86 . ) and he declared that he
enjoyed most those works , which admitted of execution in full sized proportions .
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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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