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 key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which
forms a contrast with the blue garment of the Virgin . Light radiates from the Infant
as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the ...
The key - note is the King in the centre , clad in a magnificent red mantle , which
forms a contrast with the blue garment of the Virgin . Light radiates from the Infant
as it were illuminating the Kings , the oldest of whom is on his knees , whilst the ...
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Among the numerous pictures representing the Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ
alone , or surrounded by Saints , there is a specially attractive one , which must
have been painted in 1619 . In its execution we can recognise the collaboration
of ...
Among the numerous pictures representing the Virgin Mary with the Infant Christ
alone , or surrounded by Saints , there is a specially attractive one , which must
have been painted in 1619 . In its execution we can recognise the collaboration
of ...
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The artist again depicted the Death of the Saviour , a painting now in the Louvre ,
with only the Virgin , St . John and the Magdalen , grouped at the foot of the cross
, forming a mournful silhouette on a lonely hill : Fig . 59 . “ IT IS FINISHED .
The artist again depicted the Death of the Saviour , a painting now in the Louvre ,
with only the Virgin , St . John and the Magdalen , grouped at the foot of the cross
, forming a mournful silhouette on a lonely hill : Fig . 59 . “ IT IS FINISHED .
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THE ASSUMPTION OF THE Virgin . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a
photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 79 . ) 39
designs , to be executed by Van Dyck and some of his other pupils , and
subsequently to ...
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE Virgin . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a
photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstäng ) , Munich . ( To page 79 . ) 39
designs , to be executed by Van Dyck and some of his other pupils , and
subsequently to ...
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saved from this church now also in the Imperial Museum at Vienna , represents
the Assumption of the Virgin , and was painted for a side altar . The Virgin ,
surrounded by angels and enfolded in a cloud of light , full of joyous expectation
is ...
saved from this church now also in the Imperial Museum at Vienna , represents
the Assumption of the Virgin , and was painted for a side altar . The Virgin ,
surrounded by angels and enfolded in a cloud of light , full of joyous expectation
is ...
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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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