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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The other displays a day in bright Summer . A landscape spreading out behind ...
But we must nor forget that the entire tendency emanating from the Jesuit order
was in the direction of display and external show . With the year 1625 a period of
...
The other displays a day in bright Summer . A landscape spreading out behind ...
But we must nor forget that the entire tendency emanating from the Jesuit order
was in the direction of display and external show . With the year 1625 a period of
...
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Philip , with the conspicuous underlip so characteristic of the Habsburgs , looks
unimportant but the features of his still youthful Queen have a peculiar charm ,
and display an expression of vague melancholy , as if she did not feel very happy
in ...
Philip , with the conspicuous underlip so characteristic of the Habsburgs , looks
unimportant but the features of his still youthful Queen have a peculiar charm ,
and display an expression of vague melancholy , as if she did not feel very happy
in ...
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There is a tradition that he was also honoured with the sword used by His
Majesty on the occasion . The Rubens ' coat of arms was thus further enriched by
the augmentation of an angular field to the right , displaying a rampant lion , or .
Before ...
There is a tradition that he was also honoured with the sword used by His
Majesty on the occasion . The Rubens ' coat of arms was thus further enriched by
the augmentation of an angular field to the right , displaying a rampant lion , or .
Before ...
Page 128
Originally it adorned the Carmelite Church at Antwerp . It is not a large
composition , but is remarkable for its display of sentiment . The Holy Virgin , a
mere child with a book in her hand , stands beside St . Anne who , seated on a
stone bench ...
Originally it adorned the Carmelite Church at Antwerp . It is not a large
composition , but is remarkable for its display of sentiment . The Holy Virgin , a
mere child with a book in her hand , stands beside St . Anne who , seated on a
stone bench ...
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figures Hope appears to be calming the prevailing terror , thus displaying the
result of the Saint ' s intercession . This picture , on account of its affecting
sentiment , ranks among the artist ' s greatest master - pieces . Whilst he here
infused all ...
figures Hope appears to be calming the prevailing terror , thus displaying the
result of the Saint ' s intercession . This picture , on account of its affecting
sentiment , ranks among the artist ' s greatest master - pieces . Whilst he here
infused all ...
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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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