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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Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Antwerp : and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting , brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the ...
Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Antwerp : and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting , brilliant in colour , which , however , did not long remain in the ...
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THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS . In the Pinakothek at Munich . movement After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( Fig . 40 ) . ( To page 56. ) reIn 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a.
THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS . In the Pinakothek at Munich . movement After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( Fig . 40 ) . ( To page 56. ) reIn 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a.
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In 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a commission to paint The Last Judgment for the church at Neuburg . This grand subject had been treated by him already in two separate representations , both of which are now ...
In 1616 Rubens received from the Prince Palatine of Neuburg a commission to paint The Last Judgment for the church at Neuburg . This grand subject had been treated by him already in two separate representations , both of which are now ...
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This proposition the latter accepted most willingly and having received a catalogue of Carleton's antiques with a statement of the prices paid for them , he forwarded a list of his own paintings , detailing their size , value and the ...
This proposition the latter accepted most willingly and having received a catalogue of Carleton's antiques with a statement of the prices paid for them , he forwarded a list of his own paintings , detailing their size , value and the ...
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Carleton was delighted with the pictures he acquired and Rubens was more than happy with the antique marbles he received in exchange . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl . Munich . ( To page 70. ) Fig . 50.
Carleton was delighted with the pictures he acquired and Rubens was more than happy with the antique marbles he received in exchange . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl . Munich . ( To page 70. ) Fig . 50.
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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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