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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Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with hastily -
drawn , but none the less charming , Cupids in a great variety of attitudes ( Fig .
24 ) . They are probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period ...
Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with hastily -
drawn , but none the less charming , Cupids in a great variety of attitudes ( Fig .
24 ) . They are probably sketches for the charming picture painted at this period ...
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Woodcarving also was greatly benefitted by the reproduction of his ideas ; so that
from this period works appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look
for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of Jupiter ...
Woodcarving also was greatly benefitted by the reproduction of his ideas ; so that
from this period works appear of real artistic merit in that branch of art . If we look
for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of Jupiter ...
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af tangt was so fully developed , and , throughout the whole of his artistic career ,
he remained so true to himself , that it is very difficult — almost impossible in fact -
with most of his works , to fix even approximately the period of their execution .
af tangt was so fully developed , and , throughout the whole of his artistic career ,
he remained so true to himself , that it is very difficult — almost impossible in fact -
with most of his works , to fix even approximately the period of their execution .
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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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... other St . John , his eyes raised heavenwards in deep devotion . 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
...
... other St . John , his eyes raised heavenwards in deep devotion . 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
...
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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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