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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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 34 . MELEAGER AND ATALANTA . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . (
To page 47 . ) Fig . 35 . LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 34 . MELEAGER AND ATALANTA . In the Pinakothek
at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . (
To page 47 . ) Fig . 35 . LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella.
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Fig . 35 . LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht ) . In
the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 48 . ) a work now in
the ...
Fig . 35 . LADY AND CHILD ( probably Isabella Brant with her son Albrecht ) . In
the Picture Gallery at Dresden . After a photograph from the original by Braun ,
Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 48 . ) a work now in
the ...
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... Destruction of the Hosts of Assyrian : whilst the Munich Pinakothek possesses
a companion picture to the Defeat of Sennacherib , representing the Conversion
of St . Paul , executed probably about the same time ; i . e . shortly before 1618 .
... Destruction of the Hosts of Assyrian : whilst the Munich Pinakothek possesses
a companion picture to the Defeat of Sennacherib , representing the Conversion
of St . Paul , executed probably about the same time ; i . e . shortly before 1618 .
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We are told that he painted this work , — also a very large one , - in less than 16
days ; but that probably only implies the time spent by the master himself over the
work ; since the collaboration of pupils , whose working days were not counted ...
We are told that he painted this work , — also a very large one , - in less than 16
days ; but that probably only implies the time spent by the master himself over the
work ; since the collaboration of pupils , whose working days were not counted ...
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drawings with sepia ; as , for instance , the cleverly executed design in the
collection of Weimar , representing a warrior , whose name we may probably also
seek among the heroes of the Thirty Years War ( Fig . 65 ) . KNACKFUSS ,
Rubens .
drawings with sepia ; as , for instance , the cleverly executed design in the
collection of Weimar , representing a warrior , whose name we may probably also
seek among the heroes of the Thirty Years War ( Fig . 65 ) . KNACKFUSS ,
Rubens .
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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