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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Page 56
... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , - also an original by himself , — except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , 9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other 56.
... Leopards ( painted from life ) with Satyrs and Nymphs , - also an original by himself , — except the beautiful landscape , which was executed " by a master much skilled in that line " , 9 feet by 11 , for 600 florins . Other 56.
Page 83
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 Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach Paris and New - York . ( To page 83. ) ...
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 Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach Paris and New - York . ( To page 83. ) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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some 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 ...
some 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 ...
Page 128
... 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 .
... 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 .
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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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