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 91
The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her
side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was
dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the well ...
The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her
side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was
dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the well ...
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Thus in the Louvre we find a representation of the Scythian Queen , Tomyris ,
ordering the head of Cyrus to be dipped in blood : a painting , the rich colours of
which Fig . 80 . PORTRAIT OF A MAN . In the Dresden Gallery . After a
photograph ...
Thus in the Louvre we find a representation of the Scythian Queen , Tomyris ,
ordering the head of Cyrus to be dipped in blood : a painting , the rich colours of
which Fig . 80 . PORTRAIT OF A MAN . In the Dresden Gallery . After a
photograph ...
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Two of these portraits in which , according to Spanish custom , both Philip and his
Queen Elizabeth are dressed in black later on reached St . Petersburg . The stern
gloom of Spanish pride is undeniably present in both of them . Philip , with the ...
Two of these portraits in which , according to Spanish custom , both Philip and his
Queen Elizabeth are dressed in black later on reached St . Petersburg . The stern
gloom of Spanish pride is undeniably present in both of them . Philip , with the ...
Page 116
Fig . 94 . Philip IV . , KING OF SPAIN . In the Hermitage at St . Petersburg . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 114 . ) Fig . 95 . ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF.
Fig . 94 . Philip IV . , KING OF SPAIN . In the Hermitage at St . Petersburg . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 114 . ) Fig . 95 . ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF.
Page 117
ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF Spain . In the Hermitage at St . Petersburg
. After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris
and New - York . ( To page 114 . ) somewhat over - crowded composition ...
ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF Spain . In the Hermitage at St . Petersburg
. After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris
and New - York . ( To page 114 . ) somewhat over - crowded composition ...
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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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