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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The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed
together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed Fig . 46 . DEATH OF
THE CONSUL P . 54 Christ and the four Penitents In the Pinakothek at Munich,
The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed
together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed Fig . 46 . DEATH OF
THE CONSUL P . 54 Christ and the four Penitents In the Pinakothek at Munich,
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This seems very probable since he was wont to execute pictures of large
dimensions in a comparatively short time : and it is moreover confirmed by a letter
preserved at the Plantin - Moretus Museum at Antwerp , wherein Balthasar
Moretus ...
This seems very probable since he was wont to execute pictures of large
dimensions in a comparatively short time : and it is moreover confirmed by a letter
preserved at the Plantin - Moretus Museum at Antwerp , wherein Balthasar
Moretus ...
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... this correspondence with Sir Dudley Carleton ; namely that Rubens was most
anxious to satisfy the buyer by giving him the choice of a great variety of subjects
. Eventually they both seen nex seem to have been exceedingly pleased with the.
... this correspondence with Sir Dudley Carleton ; namely that Rubens was most
anxious to satisfy the buyer by giving him the choice of a great variety of subjects
. Eventually they both seen nex seem to have been exceedingly pleased with the.
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seen nex seem to have been exceedingly pleased with the transaction . 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 ...
seen nex seem to have been exceedingly pleased with the transaction . 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 ...
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Here also a sudden catastrophe , against which no resistance seems to be
possible is depicted with the utmost vigour . ... It would seem that the
representation of a tumultuous crowd of men and horses had at that period great
attractions for ...
Here also a sudden catastrophe , against which no resistance seems to be
possible is depicted with the utmost vigour . ... It would seem that the
representation of a tumultuous crowd of men and horses had at that period great
attractions for ...
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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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