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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It is also probable that he painted in the same city , in order to rival Leonardo , the Lord's Supper which is now in the Brera Collection . રિ The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested.
It is also probable that he painted in the same city , in order to rival Leonardo , the Lord's Supper which is now in the Brera Collection . રિ The fact that in 1607 the Archduke Albrecht requested.
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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 derived from them . ... One of the pictures that he painted for the Duke of Mantua , - now in the Dresden ...
Numbers of his paintings prove how deeply he was impressed by the great Italian master - pieces and how much enjoyment he derived from them . ... One of the pictures that he painted for the Duke of Mantua , - now in the Dresden ...
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He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to ...
He reserved for himself however the picture that he had first painted , in which , besides the two Patrons of the church , he had represented the Virgin with other Saints and Pope Gregory . This painting he subsequently brought back to ...
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Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Antwerp : and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting , brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the ...
Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Antwerp : and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting , brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the ...
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On the outer side of the two wings he also painted an idyllic Holy Family , known as the Madonna under the AppleTree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which ...
On the outer side of the two wings he also painted an idyllic Holy Family , known as the Madonna under the AppleTree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which ...
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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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