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 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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... who loved to portray Saints of youthful beauty clad in brillant silks ; to have to represent an ascetic monk : but the artist , who could , if he pleased , do anything , well understood how to make the most even of this commission .
... who loved to portray Saints of youthful beauty clad in brillant silks ; to have to represent an ascetic monk : but the artist , who could , if he pleased , do anything , well understood how to make the most even of this commission .
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The completion of the Church of the Jesuits at Antwerp in the year 1620 brought Rubens very extensive commissions . On the 20th March in that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus. 75 Study of a Head Drawing in red chalk ...
The completion of the Church of the Jesuits at Antwerp in the year 1620 brought Rubens very extensive commissions . On the 20th March in that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus. 75 Study of a Head Drawing in red chalk ...
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He is said to have specially appreciated those commissions , which gave him the greatest scope for variety of subject : Fig . 67. Portrait of Baron HEINRICH VON Wico . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by ...
He is said to have specially appreciated those commissions , which gave him the greatest scope for variety of subject : Fig . 67. Portrait of Baron HEINRICH VON Wico . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original by ...
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It was in 1621 that he received a commission which , as regards variety and size , left nothing to be desired . Maria de Medici , widow of Henry IV . of France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII .
It was in 1621 that he received a commission which , as regards variety and size , left nothing to be desired . Maria de Medici , widow of Henry IV . of France , had returned to Paris after her reconciliation with her son Louis XIII .
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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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