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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Page 128
It is a curious coincidence that Maria di Medici , thus banished and a wanderer
from place to place for eleven years , finally ended her life in the very same
house at Cologne in which Rubens , who immortalized her , had passed his first ...
It is a curious coincidence that Maria di Medici , thus banished and a wanderer
from place to place for eleven years , finally ended her life in the very same
house at Cologne in which Rubens , who immortalized her , had passed his first ...
Page 146
In 1638 Rubens painted for the high altar of the Capuchin Church at Cologne a
picture representing St . Francis receiving the Stigmata , now in the Wallraf -
Richartz Museum at Cologne ( Fig . 116 ) . He repeated here with some slight ...
In 1638 Rubens painted for the high altar of the Capuchin Church at Cologne a
picture representing St . Francis receiving the Stigmata , now in the Wallraf -
Richartz Museum at Cologne ( Fig . 116 ) . He repeated here with some slight ...
Page 148
With but a slight change of feature , she appears as the Madonna in a picture at
the Cologne Museum representing Mary with the Infant Christ and the little St .
John , behind whom is St . Joseph . The naked Christ Child here is but a
repetition ...
With but a slight change of feature , she appears as the Madonna in a picture at
the Cologne Museum representing Mary with the Infant Christ and the little St .
John , behind whom is St . Joseph . The naked Christ Child here is but a
repetition ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 116 . ST . FRANCIS RECEIVING THE STIGMATA . In
the Wallraf - Richartz Museum at Cologne . ( To page 146 . )
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 116 . ST . FRANCIS RECEIVING THE STIGMATA . In
the Wallraf - Richartz Museum at Cologne . ( To page 146 . )
Page 150
Rubens however executed entirely with his own hands another altarpiece for
Cologne , known to have been ordered by the rich banker and patron of art ,
Jabach of that city ; who , nevertheless , did not negotiate for it with the master
himself ...
Rubens however executed entirely with his own hands another altarpiece for
Cologne , known to have been ordered by the rich banker and patron of art ,
Jabach of that city ; who , nevertheless , did not negotiate for it with the master
himself ...
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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 University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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