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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Page 83
The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed scenes from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio's Decamerone . Thus the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 6 * 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the ...
The Imperial Museum at Vienna also possesses two very carefully executed scenes from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , and Boccaccio's Decamerone . Thus the varied capabilities of the artist appear. 6 * 83 Portrait of a young Lady In the ...
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There were besides many patrons of art all anxious to possess works by our artist's hand , and he who in his youth ... The Munich Pinakothek also possesses a charming family group , where in the spring of 163 1 the master shows us his ...
There were besides many patrons of art all anxious to possess works by our artist's hand , and he who in his youth ... The Munich Pinakothek also possesses a charming family group , where in the spring of 163 1 the master shows us his ...
Page 132
... ostensibly against Rubens , because he does not belong to their corporation , but it is much more probable that they are jealous because he is the special Envoy of their King and possesses much more intelligence than any of them " .
... ostensibly against Rubens , because he does not belong to their corporation , but it is much more probable that they are jealous because he is the special Envoy of their King and possesses much more intelligence than any of them " .
Page 134
Moretus ' residence , ' now known as the Plantin - Moretus Museum at Antwerp still possesses fourteen of these portraits , painted at different periods . The artist as he had previously done also designed title - pages for his friend ...
Moretus ' residence , ' now known as the Plantin - Moretus Museum at Antwerp still possesses fourteen of these portraits , painted at different periods . The artist as he had previously done also designed title - pages for his friend ...
Page 144
Of this nature , the Munich Pinakothek possesses a splendid example . We are gazing across a wide plain whereon golden crops contrast with green meadows . At the edge of a forest over some groups of trees we can see the brilliant rays ...
Of this nature , the Munich Pinakothek possesses a splendid example . We are gazing across a wide plain whereon golden crops contrast with green meadows . At the edge of a forest over some groups of trees we can see the brilliant rays ...
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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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