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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Beside the Holy Mother stands the impressive figure of St . John ( Fig . 28 ) . The
Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape
background by the " velvet " Breughel . As a rule , however , inscribed dates are ...
Beside the Holy Mother stands the impressive figure of St . John ( Fig . 28 ) . The
Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape
background by the " velvet " Breughel . As a rule , however , inscribed dates are ...
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In the Gallery at Cassel there is a splendid subject with a half - figure of Meleager
presenting the bristling head of the Calydonian boar to the beautiful huntress ,
whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the same subject
...
In the Gallery at Cassel there is a splendid subject with a half - figure of Meleager
presenting the bristling head of the Calydonian boar to the beautiful huntress ,
whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the same subject
...
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He often introduces the Bengal tiger with his splendid colouring into his paintings
, and lions are not infrequently made principals figures in his compositions . Of
which latter animals he has left numerous sketches . We are told that he once ...
He often introduces the Bengal tiger with his splendid colouring into his paintings
, and lions are not infrequently made principals figures in his compositions . Of
which latter animals he has left numerous sketches . We are told that he once ...
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Achilles disguised as a Woman , an impressive picture with many beautiful young
female figures ; a St . Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens
that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at ...
Achilles disguised as a Woman , an impressive picture with many beautiful young
female figures ; a St . Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens
that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at ...
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The same strenuous feeling is displayed in the wrathful figure of Christ , the
Avenging Judge , in a composition in the same Gallery painted for a Franciscan
Convent at Ghent . The Holy Mother and St . Francis are imploring the Lord to
spare ...
The same strenuous feeling is displayed in the wrathful figure of Christ , the
Avenging Judge , in a composition in the same Gallery painted for a Franciscan
Convent at Ghent . The Holy Mother and St . Francis are imploring the Lord to
spare ...
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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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