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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His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of the
painter , — whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36 . HEAD OF A
CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna .
His right arm is supported by Mary Magdalen , — the favourite female Saint of the
painter , — whilst in the foreground kneel the other Maries Fig . 36 . HEAD OF A
CHILD ( Rubens ' eldest daughter ) . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna .
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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 Castor
...
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 Castor
...
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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 . 36 ) .
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 . 36 ) .
Page 55
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris
and New - York . ( To page 66 . ) that they are yet followed by thousands and
thousands more. Erechthonius and the Daughters of Cecrops In the
Liechtenstein ...
After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co . , Dornach , Paris
and New - York . ( To page 66 . ) that they are yet followed by thousands and
thousands more. Erechthonius and the Daughters of Cecrops In the
Liechtenstein ...
Page 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 Tournament outside a
Castle In ...
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 Tournament outside a
Castle In ...
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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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