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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Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan
horses , could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures
painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain .
Only a portion of the gifts , which included a carriage with seven Neapolitan
horses , could be delivered uninjured ; whilst the other part with the pictures
painted by Rubens for the Spanish court were entirely ruined through the rain .
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We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage Christ in the House of Simon ,
which recalls Paolo Veronese : the versions of Venus and Adonis at the Hague ,
in Munich , and at St . Petersburg , influenced by Titian ; and the Pietà in the ...
We need only mention a picture in the Hermitage Christ in the House of Simon ,
which recalls Paolo Veronese : the versions of Venus and Adonis at the Hague ,
in Munich , and at St . Petersburg , influenced by Titian ; and the Pietà in the ...
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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 his
own ...
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 his
own ...
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... to Peter Paul Rubens in the church of St . Michael . In a charming picture , now
at the Pinakothek in Munich , the painter represents himself seated beside his
young wife — a picture of conjugal bliss — under a bower of honey - suckle ( Fig .
... to Peter Paul Rubens in the church of St . Michael . In a charming picture , now
at the Pinakothek in Munich , the painter represents himself seated beside his
young wife — a picture of conjugal bliss — under a bower of honey - suckle ( Fig .
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... mantle of celestial texture . The Archbishop is represented here on his knees
before a throne , which occupies the centre of the picture , and from which Mary ,
with an expression of extreme benignity , extends to him the miraculous garment .
... mantle of celestial texture . The Archbishop is represented here on his knees
before a throne , which occupies the centre of the picture , and from which Mary ,
with an expression of extreme benignity , extends to him the miraculous garment .
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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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