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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... whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36 . HEAD OF A Child (
Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co , Dornach , Paris and New
- York .
... whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36 . HEAD OF A Child (
Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co , Dornach , Paris and New
- York .
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
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The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a
likeness of Rubens ' eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped eyes
and amiably expressive mouth , seems the very image of her mother ( Fig . 36 ) .
The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a
likeness of Rubens ' eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped eyes
and amiably expressive mouth , seems the very image of her mother ( Fig . 36 ) .
Page 66
... to the subject he was describing . But it is remarkable that he invariably
succeeded , in making as uniform a creation of the new work , as if the borrowed
portion in it were new X Fig . 55 . ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF
66.
... to the subject he was describing . But it is remarkable that he invariably
succeeded , in making as uniform a creation of the new work , as if the borrowed
portion in it were new X Fig . 55 . ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF
66.
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ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF Cecrops . In the Liechtenstein
Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co .
, Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 72 . ) and original . There certainly
can ...
ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF Cecrops . In the Liechtenstein
Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co .
, Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 72 . ) and original . There certainly
can ...
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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