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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In the Liechtenstein. reFig . 5. DEMOSTHENES , from a series of antique portrait - busts vailing in good society , but his designed by Rubens . Engraving by H. Witdoek . ( To page 16. ) marked artistic inclinations.
In the Liechtenstein. reFig . 5. DEMOSTHENES , from a series of antique portrait - busts vailing in good society , but his designed by Rubens . Engraving by H. Witdoek . ( To page 16. ) marked artistic inclinations.
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Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we can now form no judgement whatever , since no picture now extant can ...
Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we can now form no judgement whatever , since no picture now extant can ...
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Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career . From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried ut , not only the ...
Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career . From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried ut , not only the ...
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The young artist seems to have been also attracted by antique marbles and especially by old Greek and Fig . 11 After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 22. ) ...
The young artist seems to have been also attracted by antique marbles and especially by old Greek and Fig . 11 After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 22. ) ...
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It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather , for it rained uncessantly for ...
It seems that he considered the artist the fittest personage to deliver certain presents intended for King Philip III . and his minister the Duke of Lerma . The voyage was not favoured with fine weather , for it rained uncessantly for ...
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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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