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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At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . ... Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in Vienna ( Fig .
At the Louvre we find excellent drawings made by Rubens after Michelangelo's Prophets in the Sixtine Chapel . ... Titanic grandeur of the great Florentine are clearly visible in a drawing in the Albertina collection in Vienna ( Fig .
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Drawing in the Albertina at 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 translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were ...
Drawing in the Albertina at 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 translations of ancient portraits which in 1638 were ...
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Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and , well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his ...
Side by side with these vigorous drawings , we should also mention the noble sketch of an old man with a beard , which probably served as a model for some holy bishop and , well illustrates the method employed by the young Rubens in his ...
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Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle oj Anghiari ” and from the celebrated Cena , both of which are preserved in the Louvre .
Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle oj Anghiari ” and from the celebrated Cena , both of which are preserved in the Louvre .
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This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 1 ) . Nevertheless he understood how to assimilate all these impressions and influences and work them up independantly , without losing his own originality .
This is clearly shown in some of his pictures and drawings ( Fig . 1 ) . Nevertheless he understood how to assimilate all these impressions and influences and work them up independantly , without losing his own originality .
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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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