RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 46
Hermann Knackfuss. weeping bitterly . Beside the Holy Mother stands the impressive figure of St. John ( Fig . 28 ) . The Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape background by the " velvet " Breughel ...
Hermann Knackfuss. weeping bitterly . Beside the Holy Mother stands the impressive figure of St. John ( Fig . 28 ) . The Museum at Antwerp possesses a larger replica of this picture with a landscape background by the " velvet " Breughel ...
Page 47
... figure of Meleager presenting the bristling head of the Calydonian boar to the beautiful huntress , whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the same subject is at Munich , rendered even more attractive by the ...
... figure of Meleager presenting the bristling head of the Calydonian boar to the beautiful huntress , whilst Envy lurks in the background . Another representation of the same subject is at Munich , rendered even more attractive by the ...
Page 53
... figures in his compositions . Of which latter animals he has left numerous sketches . We are told that he once invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a magnificent lion , promising the man a handsome sum of money if he would ...
... figures in his compositions . Of which latter animals he has left numerous sketches . We are told that he once invited into his studio a strolling trainer with a magnificent lion , promising the man a handsome sum of money if he would ...
Page 58
... figures ; a St. Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as ...
... figures ; a St. Sebastian and a Susanna . Carleton then wrote to Rubens that he had selected six pictures . And further invited the painter to visit him at the Hague , to inspect his antique marbles , which formed a collection such as ...
Page 64
... figure of Christ , the Avenging Judge , in a composition in the same Gallery painted for a Franciscan Convent at Ghent . The Holy Mother and St. Francis are imploring the Lord to spare the world from his vengeance . The force of Divine ...
... figure of Christ , the Avenging Judge , in a composition in the same Gallery painted for a Franciscan Convent at Ghent . The Holy Mother and St. Francis are imploring the Lord to spare the world from his vengeance . The force of Divine ...
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