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 37
Both these pictures , the Elevation and the Descent from the Cross , have only occupied their present positions since 1816 ; for they were carried Fig . 29 . THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPOS BY CASTOR AND POLLUX .
Both these pictures , the Elevation and the Descent from the Cross , have only occupied their present positions since 1816 ; for they were carried Fig . 29 . THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPOS BY CASTOR AND POLLUX .
Page 56
... making allowance for the difference in the value of money at the present time , would be about £ 19 . This seems very probable since he was wont to execute pictures of large dimensions in a comparatively short time : and it is ...
... making allowance for the difference in the value of money at the present time , would be about £ 19 . This seems very probable since he was wont to execute pictures of large dimensions in a comparatively short time : and it is ...
Page 86
If , in the present day , a somewhat depreciatory judgment has been passed upon these work of the master , it is perhaps chiefly due to his having mixed up the Real with the Unreal , the Historical with the Mythological and Symbolical ...
If , in the present day , a somewhat depreciatory judgment has been passed upon these work of the master , it is perhaps chiefly due to his having mixed up the Real with the Unreal , the Historical with the Mythological and Symbolical ...
Page 104
Rubens executed the grand equestrian painting , now in the Pitti Palace in Florence ; for which together with another portrait of the Duke , he received the princely present of an entire service in silver , valued at 2000 crowns .
Rubens executed the grand equestrian painting , now in the Pitti Palace in Florence ; for which together with another portrait of the Duke , he received the princely present of an entire service in silver , valued at 2000 crowns .
Page 114
Philip IV . commissioned him to execute portraits , intended as presents for the Infanta Isabella : of all the members of the Royal Family , and he also ... The stern gloom of Spanish pride is undeniably present in both of them .
Philip IV . commissioned him to execute portraits , intended as presents for the Infanta Isabella : of all the members of the Royal Family , and he also ... The stern gloom of Spanish pride is undeniably present in both of them .
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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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