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 1 Fig . 53 . which he had treated once before.
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 1 Fig . 53 . which he had treated once before.
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 53 . which he had treated once before with great success ,. THE COMMUNION OF St. FRANCIS . In the Museum at Antwerp . ( To page 70. ) Fig . 57. THE FOUR CONTINENTS . Fig . 58.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 53 . which he had treated once before with great success ,. THE COMMUNION OF St. FRANCIS . In the Museum at Antwerp . ( To page 70. ) Fig . 57. THE FOUR CONTINENTS . Fig . 58.
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ¡ Fig . 72. STUDY FROM THE NUDE . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna .
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 ¡ Fig . 72. STUDY FROM THE NUDE . Drawing in the Albertina at Vienna .
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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