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 81
Whilst Rubens designed this sketch ( now at the Hermitage ) , intended for
reproduction , most carefully in grey on grey , he was content on other occasions
only to heighten similar Fig . 64 . Charles De LONGUEVAL , Count Boucquoy .
Painted ...
Whilst Rubens designed this sketch ( now at the Hermitage ) , intended for
reproduction , most carefully in grey on grey , he was content on other occasions
only to heighten similar Fig . 64 . Charles De LONGUEVAL , Count Boucquoy .
Painted ...
Page 87
If anywhere , it was in the design and execution of this Medici Gallery that he
could give full scope to his imagination : and , in order to treat artistically
otherwise dull Events of State , he resolved to transport them to Olympian Heights
, and thus ...
If anywhere , it was in the design and execution of this Medici Gallery that he
could give full scope to his imagination : and , in order to treat artistically
otherwise dull Events of State , he resolved to transport them to Olympian Heights
, and thus ...
Page 122
The Flemish master soon received commissions from Charles I . He painted for
him a St . George , giving to the Saint the features of His Majesty ; and also
designed a magnificent dish to be executed in silver representing the Birth of
Venus .
The Flemish master soon received commissions from Charles I . He painted for
him a St . George , giving to the Saint the features of His Majesty ; and also
designed a magnificent dish to be executed in silver representing the Birth of
Venus .
Page 130
The artist also designed this composition for reproduction as a wood - cut , which
Christopher Jegher , who had already been so successful in copying from the
master ' s sketches , executed , and which Rubens himself undertook to publish .
The artist also designed this composition for reproduction as a wood - cut , which
Christopher Jegher , who had already been so successful in copying from the
master ' s sketches , executed , and which Rubens himself undertook to publish .
Page 134
The artist as he had previously done also designed title - pages for his friend ,
continuing to do so up to the last years of his life , and paying particular attention
to the engraving of these works . We learn , from a letter which he wrote in May ...
The artist as he had previously done also designed title - pages for his friend ,
continuing to do so up to the last years of his life , and paying particular attention
to the engraving of these works . We learn , from a letter which he wrote in May ...
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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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