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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Originally there was a lunette above the central - portion of this Ancona ,
representing God the Father , toward whom the Crucified One was directing his
gaze : and also a predella consisting of three small pictures . These pieces were
sold ...
Originally there was a lunette above the central - portion of this Ancona ,
representing God the Father , toward whom the Crucified One was directing his
gaze : and also a predella consisting of three small pictures . These pieces were
sold ...
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Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he
would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed
as thorough a knowledge Drac Fig . 31 . BACCHANALIA . In the Liechtenstein ...
Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he
would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed
as thorough a knowledge Drac Fig . 31 . BACCHANALIA . In the Liechtenstein ...
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a portion of the dead monster , represented somewhat indistinctly in order not to
interfere with the joyous impression of the rest of the composition ( Fig . 22 ) .
More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the
figure ...
a portion of the dead monster , represented somewhat indistinctly in order not to
interfere with the joyous impression of the rest of the composition ( Fig . 22 ) .
More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum . It is true that the
figure ...
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If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of
Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel , dated 1613 ; and another delicious
little night - piece , representing the Flight into Egypt in the same collection ,
dated ...
If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of
Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel , dated 1613 ; and another delicious
little night - piece , representing the Flight into Egypt in the same collection ,
dated ...
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing
wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now
in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor
...
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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 New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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