RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages This 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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... and the twelve Apostles . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Cie . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) they were brought to England , only to be sold. In the Albertina at Vienna . ( To page 22. ) 14.
... and the twelve Apostles . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Cie . , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 18. ) they were brought to England , only to be sold. In the Albertina at Vienna . ( To page 22. ) 14.
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... Vienna ( Fig . 2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter and Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d ...
... Vienna ( Fig . 2 ) , representing his two patrons , Saint Peter and Saint Paul . It is most interesting to examine closely the manner in which Rubens set to work when copying Italian Masters . His copies of the portrait of Isabella d ...
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... Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold marble awoke to life before his soul and it was under such impressions that he executed those trans- lations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by Vosterman , P ...
... Vienna . Roman portrait - busts . It was as if the cold marble awoke to life before his soul and it was under such impressions that he executed those trans- lations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were multiplied by Vosterman , P ...
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... Vienna ( Fig . 9 ) . The excellent portrait of a Franciscan priest , now in the Munich Pinakothek , is said also to have been painted in Spain ( Fig . 10 ) . At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work ...
... Vienna ( Fig . 9 ) . The excellent portrait of a Franciscan priest , now in the Munich Pinakothek , is said also to have been painted in Spain ( Fig . 10 ) . At the beginning of 1604 Rubens returned to Mantua , where his chief work ...
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Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
Hermann Knackfuss. Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR . In the Imperial Gallery at Vienna . ( To page 30. ) THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS . THE ELEVATION OF THE.
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