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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For the church of St . John in that city , he was commissioned towards the end of
1616 to paint an Altar - piece representing the Adoration of the Magi . It was a
composition which he had treated once before with great success ,. 62 St Ignatius
...
For the church of St . John in that city , he was commissioned towards the end of
1616 to paint an Altar - piece representing the Adoration of the Magi . It was a
composition which he had treated once before with great success ,. 62 St Ignatius
...
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which he had treated once before with great success , on a larger scale , and
which he also subsequently repeated . He found therein an opportunity for rich
display and picturesque profusion : representing the Oriental Kings with great ...
which he had treated once before with great success , on a larger scale , and
which he also subsequently repeated . He found therein an opportunity for rich
display and picturesque profusion : representing the Oriental Kings with great ...
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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 ...
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We ought also to relate here a pleasing anecdote : how She once assembled into
the artist ' s presence all her court - ladies to obtain his opinion on their respective
beauty ; and how the lady who seemed. and as a stately matron.
We ought also to relate here a pleasing anecdote : how She once assembled into
the artist ' s presence all her court - ladies to obtain his opinion on their respective
beauty ; and how the lady who seemed. and as a stately matron.
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... although he once stated to a friend that “ Spinola had no more comprehension
of Art than a common domestic ” . This portrait is now in the Gallery at Brunswick ,
where there is besides another portrait by the artist , of an unknown personage ...
... although he once stated to a friend that “ Spinola had no more comprehension
of Art than a common domestic ” . This portrait is now in the Gallery at Brunswick ,
where there is besides another portrait by the artist , of an unknown personage ...
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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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