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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Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he ... Besides other Italian masters , Giulio Romano , whose most important works are at Mantua , had a decided ...
Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he ... Besides other Italian masters , Giulio Romano , whose most important works are at Mantua , had a decided ...
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A still more powerful picture is the Descent from the Cross , which the master painted two years later as a pendant ... while the work was proceeding , 9 florins , 10 stübers were spent on wine for the master's pupils : and that , after ...
A still more powerful picture is the Descent from the Cross , which the master painted two years later as a pendant ... while the work was proceeding , 9 florins , 10 stübers were spent on wine for the master's pupils : and that , after ...
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It cannot be assumed however , that this favourite type of the master , in spite of its pronounced personality , is the actual likeness of any one model . Through decades of years this same attractive figure reappears unchanged ...
It cannot be assumed however , that this favourite type of the master , in spite of its pronounced personality , is the actual likeness of any one model . Through decades of years this same attractive figure reappears unchanged ...
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Moreover , they do not tell us much ; for the master's power , when settled in Antwerp In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 48. ) Fig . 37.
Moreover , they do not tell us much ; for the master's power , when settled in Antwerp In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 48. ) Fig . 37.
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An ever increasing number of commissions compelled the master to avail himself of the help of his pupils in executing his pictures , especially in large compositions and replicas : but he himself always put in the final touches ...
An ever increasing number of commissions compelled the master to avail himself of the help of his pupils in executing his pictures , especially in large compositions and replicas : but he himself always put in the final touches ...
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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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