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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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle of Anghiari " and ...
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 26. ) Whilst in Milan on his return from Genoa and also when on his way to Spain , Rubens made careful drawings from Leonardo's " Battle of Anghiari " and ...
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 36. ) and Hugo Grotius , is in the Pitti Palace at Florence . Philip Rubens was allied by marriage with Johann Brant , Town - Clerk of Antwerp .
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 36. ) and Hugo Grotius , is in the Pitti Palace at Florence . Philip Rubens was allied by marriage with Johann Brant , Town - Clerk of Antwerp .
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Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Antwerp : and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting ... After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich .
Rubens received his first important commission from the town of Antwerp : and painted for the Guildhall of that city the Adoration of the Magi , a large painting ... After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich .
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Hermann Knackfuss. 3 in order to make a separate picture of the Holy. KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 26. THE GARLAND OF FRUIT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 44. ) ...
Hermann Knackfuss. 3 in order to make a separate picture of the Holy. KNACKFUSS , Rubens . Fig . 26. THE GARLAND OF FRUIT . In the Pinakothek at Munich . After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 44. ) ...
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After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) off to Paris in 1794. A replica of the latter picture with certain variations is in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg ( Fig . 20 ) .
After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl , Munich . ( To page 47. ) off to Paris in 1794. A replica of the latter picture with certain variations is in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg ( Fig . 20 ) .
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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