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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His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of the
painter , whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36 . HEAD OF A
Child ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a
...
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of the
painter , whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36 . HEAD OF A
Child ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a
...
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He often worked on the same canvas with other painters , with whom he was
linked by terms of friendship . ... Johann Breughel , he frequently collaborated
with Franz Snyders , unsurpassed as a painter of animals , who , born at Antwerp
Fig .
He often worked on the same canvas with other painters , with whom he was
linked by terms of friendship . ... Johann Breughel , he frequently collaborated
with Franz Snyders , unsurpassed as a painter of animals , who , born at Antwerp
Fig .
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painter . And no one has better represented the excited movements of a restive
horse . He positively revelled in portraying the beauty of the fine Andalusian
steeds , so much prized at that period for riding and hunting . He occasionally
even did ...
painter . And no one has better represented the excited movements of a restive
horse . He positively revelled in portraying the beauty of the fine Andalusian
steeds , so much prized at that period for riding and hunting . He occasionally
even did ...
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The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master ,
( drawn by the painter ' s own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the
sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the altar at ...
The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master ,
( drawn by the painter ' s own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the
sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the altar at ...
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And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique
marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual
possessed on this side of the Alps . “ But ” , he continued , “ for people in my
position ...
And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique
marbles , which formed a collection such as no prince nor private individual
possessed on this side of the Alps . “ But ” , he continued , “ for people in my
position ...
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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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