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 altar - piece in one of the chapels of the Cathedral of St . Bavon at Ghent also
dates either before or soon after the completion of the Medici Gallery . It consists
of two pictures placed one above the other . In the upper portion we see St ...
The altar - piece in one of the chapels of the Cathedral of St . Bavon at Ghent also
dates either before or soon after the completion of the Medici Gallery . It consists
of two pictures placed one above the other . In the upper portion we see St ...
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 ...
Page 118
On the 12th of May he reached Paris and from that visit dates probably the
vigorous drawing - so true to life — of the aged Maria de Medici , still in the
Louvre ( Fig . 97 ) . This Queen had a fresh commission for him , for , as a
complement to the ...
On the 12th of May he reached Paris and from that visit dates probably the
vigorous drawing - so true to life — of the aged Maria de Medici , still in the
Louvre ( Fig . 97 ) . This Queen had a fresh commission for him , for , as a
complement to the ...
Page 120
MARIE DI MEDICI . Drawing in the Louvre . After a photograph After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . Fig . 97 . MARI ( To page 118 . ) Among the attendants that the artist
had brought ...
MARIE DI MEDICI . Drawing in the Louvre . After a photograph After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . Fig . 97 . MARI ( To page 118 . ) Among the attendants that the artist
had brought ...
Page 126
The life of that King presented more real action than was the case with the life of
Maria di Medici ; and the master treated the first two subjects for that series the
Battle of Ivry , and the Triumph of Henry IV ' . , with obvious delight and with the ...
The life of that King presented more real action than was the case with the life of
Maria di Medici ; and the master treated the first two subjects for that series the
Battle of Ivry , and the Triumph of Henry IV ' . , with obvious delight and with the ...
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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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