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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He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o ' clock , and went every morning to
hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from doing this by gout
. Returning from church he 38 The Boar Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich.
He used to rise , summer and winter , at five o ' clock , and went every morning to
hear early mass . In his later years he was only prevented from doing this by gout
. Returning from church he 38 The Boar Hunt In the Pinakothek at Munich.
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The work of pupils is unmistakeable in the larger picture at Munich : and the
same is the case with two other altar - pieces executed also for the Prince
Palatine some years later : the Nativity and the Descent of the Holy Ghost , both
likewise ...
The work of pupils is unmistakeable in the larger picture at Munich : and the
same is the case with two other altar - pieces executed also for the Prince
Palatine some years later : the Nativity and the Descent of the Holy Ghost , both
likewise ...
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A fortnight later , he again refers to these sketches , and we learn then that they
dealt with the Fig . 54 . CHRIST AND THE FOUR PENITENTS . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hansstäng ) , Munich .
A fortnight later , he again refers to these sketches , and we learn then that they
dealt with the Fig . 54 . CHRIST AND THE FOUR PENITENTS . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hansstäng ) , Munich .
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The two principal ones of vast size represent scenes from the later Lives of the
Saints with numerous life - size figures . In one of these the Founder of the Jesuit
Order , St . Ignatius Loyola , in his priestly vestments stands beside an altar ;
whilst ...
The two principal ones of vast size represent scenes from the later Lives of the
Saints with numerous life - size figures . In one of these the Founder of the Jesuit
Order , St . Ignatius Loyola , in his priestly vestments stands beside an altar ;
whilst ...
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In the beginning of 1622 he came to Paris to make arrangements with the Queen
herself : and it was on this occasion that he most probably painted the fine portrait
of her now in the Museum at Madrid ( Fig . 68 ) . Three years later the paintings ...
In the beginning of 1622 he came to Paris to make arrangements with the Queen
herself : and it was on this occasion that he most probably painted the fine portrait
of her now in the Museum at Madrid ( Fig . 68 ) . Three years later the paintings ...
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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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