RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 34
... Antwerp . There is in the Louvre a drawing for this picture , giving an idea of the whole composition which , when finally executed , was divided into three parts : The Elevation of the Cross in the centre : on the right the Weeping ...
... Antwerp . There is in the Louvre a drawing for this picture , giving an idea of the whole composition which , when finally executed , was divided into three parts : The Elevation of the Cross in the centre : on the right the Weeping ...
Page 37
... Antwerp , it has nevertheless great merit . Great attention is bestowed upon the figure of St. Mary Magdalen , for whom the artist having a predilection , created a special type . This attractive figure , - a maiden with a fine ...
... Antwerp , it has nevertheless great merit . Great attention is bestowed upon the figure of St. Mary Magdalen , for whom the artist having a predilection , created a special type . This attractive figure , - a maiden with a fine ...
Page 38
... Antwerp , frequently recurs in his paintings and not invariably as Mary Magdalen . It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish ...
... Antwerp , frequently recurs in his paintings and not invariably as Mary Magdalen . It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish ...
Page 39
... Antwerp Cathe- dral , and it hangs there still . At that time the artist was mainly occupied in painting sacred subjects ; but nevertheless found time for a number of other works : and it is evident also that some of these were ...
... Antwerp Cathe- dral , and it hangs there still . At that time the artist was mainly occupied in painting sacred subjects ; but nevertheless found time for a number of other works : and it is evident also that some of these were ...
Page 46
... Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape background by the " velvet " Breughel . As a rule , however , inscribed dates are very rare on pictures by Rubens . Moreover , they do not tell us much ; for the ...
... Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape background by the " velvet " Breughel . As a rule , however , inscribed dates are very rare on pictures by Rubens . Moreover , they do not tell us much ; for the ...
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