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 English consul at Brussels , “ I wished that the painting for the Gallery of H .
R . H . the Prince of Wales were of larger dimensions , because it would give me
much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy .
... the English consul at Brussels , “ I wished that the painting for the Gallery of H .
R . H . the Prince of Wales were of larger dimensions , because it would give me
much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy .
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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 89
painted a page as train - bearer to the bride ; but it was more adapted to the taste
of the time to give this function to a naked putto ( Fig . 69 ) . In most cases
however , the principal actors in each scene seem to be merely secondary to the
...
painted a page as train - bearer to the bride ; but it was more adapted to the taste
of the time to give this function to a naked putto ( Fig . 69 ) . In most cases
however , the principal actors in each scene seem to be merely secondary to the
...
Page 90
Sometimes it is just the realistic appearance of this one head , which gives it so
great a prominence amid the surrounding idealized figures ; since we can have
no doubt that this is the leading personage , in spite of the others who occupy so
...
Sometimes it is just the realistic appearance of this one head , which gives it so
great a prominence amid the surrounding idealized figures ; since we can have
no doubt that this is the leading personage , in spite of the others who occupy so
...
Page 97
The picture itself gives us a clue to the place from whence this man came , for we
may see on the handle of a big palm - leaf in the background the arms of the
Christian City of Constantinople , which date back to Latin times . These are ...
The picture itself gives us a clue to the place from whence this man came , for we
may see on the handle of a big palm - leaf in the background the arms of the
Christian City of Constantinople , which date back to Latin times . These are ...
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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 New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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