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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The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the ...
The Queen would much have liked to bind so famous an artist exclusively to her side : but Rubens wrote to a friend that he was “ tired of that court ” . He was dissatisfied besides , because Her Majesty seemed inclined to withhold the ...
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Thus in the Louvre we find a representation of the Scythian Queen , Tomyris , ordering the head of Cyrus to be dipped in blood : a painting , the rich colours of which Fig . 80. PORTRAIT OF A MAN . In the Dresden Gallery .
Thus in the Louvre we find a representation of the Scythian Queen , Tomyris , ordering the head of Cyrus to be dipped in blood : a painting , the rich colours of which Fig . 80. PORTRAIT OF A MAN . In the Dresden Gallery .
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Philip IV . commissioned him to execute portraits , intended as presents for the Infanta Isabella : of all the members of the Royal Family , and he also repeatedly painted the King and Queen themselves . Two of these portraits in which ...
Philip IV . commissioned him to execute portraits , intended as presents for the Infanta Isabella : of all the members of the Royal Family , and he also repeatedly painted the King and Queen themselves . Two of these portraits in which ...
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Fig . 94. Philip IV . , King of Spain . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 114. ) Fig . 95. ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF SPAIN.
Fig . 94. Philip IV . , King of Spain . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 114. ) Fig . 95. ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF SPAIN.
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ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF SPAIN . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 114. ) 6 somewhat over - crowded composition ...
ELIZABETH OF FRANCE , QUEEN OF SPAIN . In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 114. ) 6 somewhat over - crowded composition ...
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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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