RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 62
... executed for churches at Malines . For the church of St. John in that city , he was commissioned towards the end of 1616 to paint an Altar - piece representing the Adoration of the Magi . It was a composition Fig . 53 . which he had ...
... executed for churches at Malines . For the church of St. John in that city , he was commissioned towards the end of 1616 to paint an Altar - piece representing the Adoration of the Magi . It was a composition Fig . 53 . which he had ...
Page 64
... execution of this subject he succeeded in producing a great variety of new and powerful effects . Of all the compositions however dealing with this same subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the ...
... execution of this subject he succeeded in producing a great variety of new and powerful effects . Of all the compositions however dealing with this same subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the ...
Page 65
... executed in Brussels . A fortnight later , he again refers to these sketches , and we learn then that they dealt with the Fig . 54 . Story of Publius Decius Mus : the Roman Consul , who sacrified himself for the preservation of the ...
... executed in Brussels . A fortnight later , he again refers to these sketches , and we learn then that they dealt with the Fig . 54 . Story of Publius Decius Mus : the Roman Consul , who sacrified himself for the preservation of the ...
Page 66
... executed so effectively , and with such grandeur of style . The sixth and final tableau of the series is merely a brilliant display of trophies , prisoners and heaps of spoil & c .: whilst extended in the foreground , on a bier bedecked ...
... executed so effectively , and with such grandeur of style . The sixth and final tableau of the series is merely a brilliant display of trophies , prisoners and heaps of spoil & c .: whilst extended in the foreground , on a bier bedecked ...
Page 68
... executed probably about the same time ; i . e . shortly be- fore 1618. Here also a sudden catastrophe , against which no resistance seems to be possible is depicted with the utmost vigour . A sudden flash of light depriving the men of ...
... executed probably about the same time ; i . e . shortly be- fore 1618. Here also a sudden catastrophe , against which no resistance seems to be possible is depicted with the utmost vigour . A sudden flash of light depriving the men of ...
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