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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Amongst these are the sketches of Ahasverus and Esther , designs for the
decoration of a ceiling , and the splendid painting of Samson and Delilah , both in
the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 33 ) . In 1614 his eldest son was born . He was ...
Amongst these are the sketches of Ahasverus and Esther , designs for the
decoration of a ceiling , and the splendid painting of Samson and Delilah , both in
the Pinakothek at Munich ( Fig . 33 ) . In 1614 his eldest son was born . He was ...
Page 53
Of which latter animals he has left numerous sketches . We are told that he once
invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a magnificent lion , promising the
man a handsome sum of money if he would make the beast yawn by tickling its
jaw ...
Of which latter animals he has left numerous sketches . We are told that he once
invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a magnificent lion , promising the
man a handsome sum of money if he would make the beast yawn by tickling its
jaw ...
Page 54
The stern words of judgment , which divide the Just from the Unjust have already
been spoken . In the one picture we may see the Redeemed ascending to
heaven like Fig . 45 . Pietà . ( Sketch for the altar - piece in the Museum at
Antwerp . ) ...
The stern words of judgment , which divide the Just from the Unjust have already
been spoken . In the one picture we may see the Redeemed ascending to
heaven like Fig . 45 . Pietà . ( Sketch for the altar - piece in the Museum at
Antwerp . ) ...
Page 55
Sketch for an engraving . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 66 . ) that they are yet followed by thousands and
thousands more.
Sketch for an engraving . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a
photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris and
New - York . ( To page 66 . ) that they are yet followed by thousands and
thousands more.
Page 56
The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master ,
( drawn by the painter ' s own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the
sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the altar at ...
The Pinakothek at Munich possesses not only the splendid sketch of the master ,
( drawn by the painter ' s own hand ) , for the smaller Last Judgment , but also the
sketch for the larger composition , erected in the year 1617 over the altar at ...
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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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