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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HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. 13 The Rivergod Tiber (or Tigris) ...
HEAD OF A BISHOP . In the Dresden Gallery . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) with a salary of 400 ducats per annum : and. 13 The Rivergod Tiber (or Tigris) ...
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... beauty of old marbles is best proved by the profiles of a Roman couple , now in the collection of Prince Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There are also in the Albertina fine male and female heads drawn from the antique , with.
... beauty of old marbles is best proved by the profiles of a Roman couple , now in the collection of Prince Liechtenstein in Vienna ( Fig . 6 ) . There are also in the Albertina fine male and female heads drawn from the antique , with.
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male and female heads drawn from the antique , with studies for folded hands on the same sheat ( Fig . 7 ) . Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably ...
male and female heads drawn from the antique , with studies for folded hands on the same sheat ( Fig . 7 ) . Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably ...
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Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered perhaps Fig . 27. THE PICTURE OF Ceres .
Her head is shrouded in a mourning veil ; she is overcome with grief and supported by the other two Maries . This painting was famous from the day of its completion : and may be considered perhaps Fig . 27. THE PICTURE OF Ceres .
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... then , in the Descent from the Cross ; and , lastly , as Ruler of the World on the shoulder of St. Christopher . Tradition tells us that the Rifle. 36 Head of a Child (Rubens' cldest daughter) In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
... then , in the Descent from the Cross ; and , lastly , as Ruler of the World on the shoulder of St. Christopher . Tradition tells us that the Rifle. 36 Head of a Child (Rubens' cldest daughter) In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
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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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