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 88
THE JOURNEY TO PONT DE CÉ . Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in
the Louvre . ... The Marriage of Maria de Medicis by Proxy : — the old Archduke
Ferdinand , as representative of the King of France stood with her before the Altar
...
THE JOURNEY TO PONT DE CÉ . Sketch for the picture of the Medici Gallery in
the Louvre . ... The Marriage of Maria de Medicis by Proxy : — the old Archduke
Ferdinand , as representative of the King of France stood with her before the Altar
...
Page 89
If we see the Death of Henry IV . symbolised by his soaring to Olympian Heights
mounted upon an eagle , we need not wonder that Maria de Medici , journeying
to Pont de Cé , is represented as Minerva on horseback ( Fig . 70 ) . The face is ...
If we see the Death of Henry IV . symbolised by his soaring to Olympian Heights
mounted upon an eagle , we need not wonder that Maria de Medici , journeying
to Pont de Cé , is represented as Minerva on horseback ( Fig . 70 ) . The face is ...
Page 90
Maria de Medici was so charmed with these works that , as soon as he had
completed them , she commissioned him to execute four more paintings , to
adorn the same Gallery . One was a representation of herself as Minerva : two
more were ...
Maria de Medici was so charmed with these works that , as soon as he had
completed them , she commissioned him to execute four more paintings , to
adorn the same Gallery . One was a representation of herself as Minerva : two
more were ...
Page 96
Portrait Of A Marquis ( name illegible ) OF THE Court of MARIA DE MEDICI .
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun
, Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 92 . ) be applied to
a ...
Portrait Of A Marquis ( name illegible ) OF THE Court of MARIA DE MEDICI .
Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun
, Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 92 . ) be applied to
a ...
Page 103
It was at the court of Maria de Medici and through the acquaintanceship made
there with the Duke of Buckingham that first inspired Rubens with the desire to
occupy himself seriously , and not merely occasionally , with the entangled
threads of ...
It was at the court of Maria de Medici and through the acquaintanceship made
there with the Duke of Buckingham that first inspired Rubens with the desire to
occupy himself seriously , and not merely occasionally , with the entangled
threads of ...
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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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