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 Pietà in the Collection of Prince Liechtenstein , which shows how much he appreciated Caravaggio . Besides other Italian masters , Giulio Romano , whose most important works are at Mantua , had a decided influence on Rubens .
... the Pietà in the Collection of Prince Liechtenstein , which shows how much he appreciated Caravaggio . Besides other Italian masters , Giulio Romano , whose most important works are at Mantua , had a decided influence on Rubens .
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Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
Commissioned about the same time by the reigning Prince of the Netherlands , Rubens executed another altar - piece , in which he displays himself at the height of his artistic developement . Archduke Albrecht had founded at Brussels in ...
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In 1776 the Empress Maria Theresa , through the medium of her ambassador , Prince Starkenberg , bought them for 14,000 florins , whereby this masterpiece came to Vienna and found a place of honour the following year in the Belvedere ...
In 1776 the Empress Maria Theresa , through the medium of her ambassador , Prince Starkenberg , bought them for 14,000 florins , whereby this masterpiece came to Vienna and found a place of honour the following year in the Belvedere ...
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THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS . In the Pinakothek at Munich . movement After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( Fig . 40 ) . ( To page 56. ) reIn 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a.
THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS . In the Pinakothek at Munich . movement After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( Fig . 40 ) . ( To page 56. ) reIn 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a.
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In 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a commission to paint The Last Judgment for the church at Neuburg . This grand subject had been treated by him already in two separate representations , both of which are now ...
In 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a commission to paint The Last Judgment for the church at Neuburg . This grand subject had been treated by him already in two separate representations , both of which are now ...
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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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