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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back of the composition , we may recognise in the fascinating portrait in the Dresden Gallery of a lady with a baby on her lap ( Fig . 35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son .
back of the composition , we may recognise in the fascinating portrait in the Dresden Gallery of a lady with a baby on her lap ( Fig . 35 ) , Frau Isabella , her face somewhat thin and worn , and her infant son .
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Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig . 62. ST . IGNATIUS LOYOLA HEALING THE Possessed. 76 Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
Several sketches , imperfect though they be , still give us an Fig . 62. ST . IGNATIUS LOYOLA HEALING THE Possessed. 76 Portrait of a young Lady of the Court of the Infanta Isabella at Brussels Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna.
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... whose name we may probably also seek among the heroes of the Thirty Years War ( Fig . 65 ) . KNACKFUSS , Rubens . 6 In 1621 the Archduke Albrecht died . Among the portraits. 81 Portrait of a Lady In the Dresden Gallery.
... whose name we may probably also seek among the heroes of the Thirty Years War ( Fig . 65 ) . KNACKFUSS , Rubens . 6 In 1621 the Archduke Albrecht died . Among the portraits. 81 Portrait of a Lady In the Dresden Gallery.
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The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed scenes from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio's Decamerone . Thus the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 6 * 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the ...
The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed scenes from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio's Decamerone . Thus the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 6 * 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the ...
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... because it would give me much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy ... I must confess that my natural talent lies much rather in the direction of. 84 Portrait of an old Lady In the Hermitage ...
... because it would give me much more courage to express my thoughts with greater freedom and accuracy ... I must confess that my natural talent lies much rather in the direction of. 84 Portrait of an old Lady In the Hermitage ...
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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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