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THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS, In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg. After a
photograph from the original by Braun, Clement & Co., Dornach, Paris and New-
York. (To pnge 37.) Rubens received his first important commission from the town
of.
THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS, In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg. After a
photograph from the original by Braun, Clement & Co., Dornach, Paris and New-
York. (To pnge 37.) Rubens received his first important commission from the town
of.
Page 28
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 position intended for
it; ...
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 position intended for
it; ...
Page 38
The master's endeavour to introduce Italian Renaissance taste into his native
town was not wholly unsuccessful, and many of the l/th century build- V ings in
Antwerp show this influence in their elaborate architecture. The stately facade of
the ...
The master's endeavour to introduce Italian Renaissance taste into his native
town was not wholly unsuccessful, and many of the l/th century build- V ings in
Antwerp show this influence in their elaborate architecture. The stately facade of
the ...
Page 80
We may further perceive towns and rivers in chains beside the altar of Victory; a
winged Nike is bearing trophies, whilst Hercules with his club, — Symbol of
Power, — crushes to the ground the Hydra and Medusa. Angels holding aloft a
chalice ...
We may further perceive towns and rivers in chains beside the altar of Victory; a
winged Nike is bearing trophies, whilst Hercules with his club, — Symbol of
Power, — crushes to the ground the Hydra and Medusa. Angels holding aloft a
chalice ...
Page 89
Olympus, whilst a car drawn by lions indicates the town of Lyons, where the event
took place. If we see the Death of Henry IV. symbolised by his soaring to
Olympian Heights mounted upon an eagle , we need not wonder that Maria de
Medici, ...
Olympus, whilst a car drawn by lions indicates the town of Lyons, where the event
took place. If we see the Death of Henry IV. symbolised by his soaring to
Olympian Heights mounted upon an eagle , we need not wonder that Maria de
Medici, ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens 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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