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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Other pictures are enumerated with the same accuracy : a Leda with the Swan , attended by a Cupid ; a life - size Christ on the Cross , of which the artist says , that it was " perhaps the best picture he had ever painted ” ; a smaller ...
Other pictures are enumerated with the same accuracy : a Leda with the Swan , attended by a Cupid ; a life - size Christ on the Cross , of which the artist says , that it was " perhaps the best picture he had ever painted ” ; a smaller ...
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A fine drawing for the centre - portion is in the Albertina at Vienna ( Fig . 45 ) . Another painting belonging to this period or perhaps even somewhat earlier , is the Assumption of the Virgin , originally painted for ...
A fine drawing for the centre - portion is in the Albertina at Vienna ( Fig . 45 ) . Another painting belonging to this period or perhaps even somewhat earlier , is the Assumption of the Virgin , originally painted for ...
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Of all the compositions however dealing with this same subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great ...
Of all the compositions however dealing with this same subject , the one at Malines is perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great ...
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The third , perhaps the most powerful and impressive of the series , depicts the solemn consecration of the hero , which takes place beneath the shade of some splendid beeches . In the fourth act of the Drama , Decius discarding his ...
The third , perhaps the most powerful and impressive of the series , depicts the solemn consecration of the hero , which takes place beneath the shade of some splendid beeches . In the fourth act of the Drama , Decius discarding his ...
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In the dark - haired Mary Magdalene we may perhaps recognize a remote , and perhaps scarcely intended , likeness to Isabella Brant ; but there is no doubt that the Infant Jesus is a genuine portrait of Rubens ' second son , who saw the ...
In the dark - haired Mary Magdalene we may perhaps recognize a remote , and perhaps scarcely intended , likeness to Isabella Brant ; but there is no doubt that the Infant Jesus is a genuine portrait of Rubens ' second son , who saw the ...
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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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