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 dead Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by ...
The dead Christ lowered in a white sheet is surrounded by His disciples and friends , who support His body , whilst near at hand stands His Mother . Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by ...
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It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more fascinating . In the spacious landscape overhung by.
It is true that the figure of Andromeda is here perhaps less attractive ; but on the other hand , the cupids , especially those laying around the white horse are more fascinating . In the spacious landscape overhung by.
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He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for the.
He occasionally even did not disdain to make studies from clumsy Flemish mares ( Fig . 39 ) . With the same masterly hand he also painted dogs , among which the fine spotted greyhounds , employed by noblemen for the.
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The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master , ( drawn by the painter's own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the ...
The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master , ( drawn by the painter's own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the ...
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In the same connection he uses the words : " I am not a prince ; but a man , who lives by the labour of his own hands . " In his answer , the polite courtier referred to the above sentence in the following words : “ I cannot agree with ...
In the same connection he uses the words : " I am not a prince ; but a man , who lives by the labour of his own hands . " In his answer , the polite courtier referred to the above sentence in the following words : “ I cannot agree with ...
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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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