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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... painted from life — an original executed by him alone — 8 feet by 12 , for 600
florins ; Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , — also an original
by himself , - except the beautiful landscape , which was executed “ by a master ...
... painted from life — an original executed by him alone — 8 feet by 12 , for 600
florins ; Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , — also an original
by himself , - except the beautiful landscape , which was executed “ by a master ...
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But Rubens , excelling in all directions , once even painted a grand tournament .
This work , with its fascinating landscape , in which Fig . 66 . TOURNAMENT
OUTSIDE A CASTLE . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original
by ...
But Rubens , excelling in all directions , once even painted a grand tournament .
This work , with its fascinating landscape , in which Fig . 66 . TOURNAMENT
OUTSIDE A CASTLE . In the Louvre at Paris . After a photograph from the original
by ...
Page 99
The fine landscape in this picture is not by Rubens himself , but is probably by
Lucas van Uden , a young landscapepainter , who placed his talents at the
service of the great master ; as Snyders did in the case of animals and Breughel
of ...
The fine landscape in this picture is not by Rubens himself , but is probably by
Lucas van Uden , a young landscapepainter , who placed his talents at the
service of the great master ; as Snyders did in the case of animals and Breughel
of ...
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where the landscape was the chief object and the figures only accessories . We
find such works mentioned for the first time in a list dated 1625 , two of which are
now in the Royal Galleries at Windsor . One of these represents a Winter scene .
where the landscape was the chief object and the figures only accessories . We
find such works mentioned for the first time in a list dated 1625 , two of which are
now in the Royal Galleries at Windsor . One of these represents a Winter scene .
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... amid a blue sky dotted with tiny silver clouds , and lovingly support a wreath of
roses above the Virgin ' s head ; while beside her a bower and a tall bush of
roses stand in strong relief against the distant landscape . We may also find at St
...
... amid a blue sky dotted with tiny silver clouds , and lovingly support a wreath of
roses above the Virgin ' s head ; while beside her a bower and a tall bush of
roses stand in strong relief against the distant landscape . We may also find at St
...
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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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