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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HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 48. ) weeping bitterly .
HEAD OF A CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 48. ) weeping bitterly .
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Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by ...
Mythology always seemed to give him new ideas : and he enjoyed representing wild scenes , such as the Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas , the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by ...
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The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a likeness of Rubens eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped eyes and amiably expressive mouth , seems the very image of her mother ( Fig .
The head of a child in the Liechtenstein Collection at Vienna , is , no doubt , a likeness of Rubens eldest daughter who , with her clear almond - shaped eyes and amiably expressive mouth , seems the very image of her mother ( Fig .
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But it is remarkable that he invariably succeeded , in making as uniform a creation of the new work , as if the borrowed portion in it were new Fig . 55. ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF Cecrops . 66.
But it is remarkable that he invariably succeeded , in making as uniform a creation of the new work , as if the borrowed portion in it were new Fig . 55. ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF Cecrops . 66.
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ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF Cecrops . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 72. ) and original .
ERECHTHONIUS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF Cecrops . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 72. ) and original .
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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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