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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Moreover he allowed his pupils to copy his earlier works , since he was sure that to find numerous purchasers for them . The famous picture in the Antwerp Museum known under the. 60 Sketch for the decoration of the centre vault of the ...
Moreover he allowed his pupils to copy his earlier works , since he was sure that to find numerous purchasers for them . The famous picture in the Antwerp Museum known under the. 60 Sketch for the decoration of the centre vault of the ...
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In its execution we can recognise the collaboration of Rubens ' greatest pupil , Anthony van Dyck , who is known to have worked in the master's studio from 1618 to 1620 , and who had even already begun to be a worthy rival .
In its execution we can recognise the collaboration of Rubens ' greatest pupil , Anthony van Dyck , who is known to have worked in the master's studio from 1618 to 1620 , and who had even already begun to be a worthy rival .
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39 designs , to be executed by Van Dyck and some of his other pupils , and subsequently to be finally completed by the master himself . Only in a very few instances has it been permitted to an artist to decorate pictorially ...
39 designs , to be executed by Van Dyck and some of his other pupils , and subsequently to be finally completed by the master himself . Only in a very few instances has it been permitted to an artist to decorate pictorially ...
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The Imperial Picture - Gallery at Vienna possesses two of these sketches ; one by Sebastian Vrancx , who , like Rubens before him , was a pupil of Adam van Noort ; the other , executed in 1665 , by Anton Geringh .
The Imperial Picture - Gallery at Vienna possesses two of these sketches ; one by Sebastian Vrancx , who , like Rubens before him , was a pupil of Adam van Noort ; the other , executed in 1665 , by Anton Geringh .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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