RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 75
... completion of the Church of the Jesuits at Antwerp in the year 1620 brought Rubens very extensive commissions . On the 20th March in that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus. ( To page 78. ) In the Hermitage at St ...
... completion of the Church of the Jesuits at Antwerp in the year 1620 brought Rubens very extensive commissions . On the 20th March in that year he signed a contract with Father Jacobus Tirinus. ( To page 78. ) In the Hermitage at St ...
Page 76
... completed by the master himself . Only in a very few instances has it been permitted to an artist to deco- rate pictorially architectural buildings designed by himself , and thus to arrive at a combination of the highest perfection . If ...
... completed by the master himself . Only in a very few instances has it been permitted to an artist to deco- rate pictorially architectural buildings designed by himself , and thus to arrive at a combination of the highest perfection . If ...
Page 86
... completed , the admiration they excited was unbounded . They have long been removed from the Palais de Luxembourg ; and now hang in a gallery of the Louvre specially built for them . With three ex- ceptions all the sketches made for ...
... completed , the admiration they excited was unbounded . They have long been removed from the Palais de Luxembourg ; and now hang in a gallery of the Louvre specially built for them . With three ex- ceptions all the sketches made for ...
Page 90
... completed them , she commissioned him to execute four more paintings , to adorn the same Gallery . One was a representation of herself as Minerva : two more were portraits of her parents , the Grand - Duke and Grand - Duchess of Tuscany ...
... completed them , she commissioned him to execute four more paintings , to adorn the same Gallery . One was a representation of herself as Minerva : two more were portraits of her parents , the Grand - Duke and Grand - Duchess of Tuscany ...
Page 91
... completion of this work , he therefore returned to Antwerp . There still exists a letter from him , addressed to Paris . It is without date , so that we do not know whether it refers to his first visit there , or to a second , which he ...
... completion of this work , he therefore returned to Antwerp . There still exists a letter from him , addressed to Paris . It is without date , so that we do not know whether it refers to his first visit there , or to a second , which he ...
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