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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HELENA FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 134. ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm - branches ...
HELENA FOURMENT . From the van der Hoop Collection in the Museum at Amsterdam . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 134. ) the air hover a cloud of white - robed genii extending palm - branches ...
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HELENA FOURMENT , SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR UNDER A PORTICO . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 134. ) An may also at the same time observe relief given in answer to ...
HELENA FOURMENT , SITTING IN AN ARMCHAIR UNDER A PORTICO . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 134. ) An may also at the same time observe relief given in answer to ...
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It is easy to recognize in the centre of the com- position the lovely features of Helena Fourment , radiant in youthful grace . She can also be traced as the original of a sketch , now in the Louvre , ( Fig . 101 ) , intended as a study ...
It is easy to recognize in the centre of the com- position the lovely features of Helena Fourment , radiant in youthful grace . She can also be traced as the original of a sketch , now in the Louvre , ( Fig . 101 ) , intended as a study ...
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Helena Fourment figures in nearly every Museum in Europe , and it would be difficult to give the palm to any particular one of the many representations of her . We find her in all her charming grace among the Hoop - Collection at the ...
Helena Fourment figures in nearly every Museum in Europe , and it would be difficult to give the palm to any particular one of the many representations of her . We find her in all her charming grace among the Hoop - Collection at the ...
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At the com- mencement of the 18th century , however - Fig . 106. HELENA FOURMENT . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 136. ) ...
At the com- mencement of the 18th century , however - Fig . 106. HELENA FOURMENT . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 136. ) ...
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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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