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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In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was
perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of
children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with
hastily ...
In 1611 his wife Isabella Brant presented him with a daughter : and it was
perhaps this happy event that specially led him to sketch so often the figures of
children . Among collection of drawings at the Albertina , is a sheet covered with
hastily ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 53 . THE COMMUNION OF St . FrANCIS . In the
Museum at Antwerp . ( To page 70 . ) In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a
photograph. Count Thomas Arundel and his Wife In the Pinakothek at Munich.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 53 . THE COMMUNION OF St . FrANCIS . In the
Museum at Antwerp . ( To page 70 . ) In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . After a
photograph. Count Thomas Arundel and his Wife In the Pinakothek at Munich.
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... wife of Cleophas , and St . John shrink away from the mournful scene ; whilst
Mary Magdalen , clinging to the cross and resting her head and body against it ,
holds up her white arms to ward off the Roman with his cruel weapon ( Fig . 58 ) .
... wife of Cleophas , and St . John shrink away from the mournful scene ; whilst
Mary Magdalen , clinging to the cross and resting her head and body against it ,
holds up her white arms to ward off the Roman with his cruel weapon ( Fig . 58 ) .
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An excellent portrait of this gentleman with his wife has come down to us on the
wings of another altar - piece , also ordered from Rubens , representing the
Conversion of St . Thomas : now preserved in the Antwerp Museum . The
powerful ...
An excellent portrait of this gentleman with his wife has come down to us on the
wings of another altar - piece , also ordered from Rubens , representing the
Conversion of St . Thomas : now preserved in the Antwerp Museum . The
powerful ...
Page 79
COUNT THOMAS ARUNDEL AND HIS WIFE . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After
a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 80 . )
done of the entire series . There is a large composition of the same subject in the
...
COUNT THOMAS ARUNDEL AND HIS WIFE . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After
a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 80 . )
done of the entire series . There is a large composition of the same subject in the
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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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