RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 32
... painted an idyllic Holy Family , known as the Madonna under the Apple- Tree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion both the wings were taken off , 3 in ...
... painted an idyllic Holy Family , known as the Madonna under the Apple- Tree . In 1641 , this splendid altar - piece was removed to make way for a so - called miraculous picture ; on which occasion both the wings were taken off , 3 in ...
Page 34
... painted two years later as a pendant to the Elevation and which is likewise in the transept of the Antwerp Cathedral . It was commissioned in 1611 by the Rifle - corps - Guild for a sum of 2400 florins . The records of payment are still ...
... painted two years later as a pendant to the Elevation and which is likewise in the transept of the Antwerp Cathedral . It was commissioned in 1611 by the Rifle - corps - Guild for a sum of 2400 florins . The records of payment are still ...
Page 36
... painted the Visitation and Presentation in the Temple : and on Fig . 28 . their outer side St. Christopher . This latter subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea of Christ being thus carried is ...
... painted the Visitation and Presentation in the Temple : and on Fig . 28 . their outer side St. Christopher . This latter subject Rubens repeated again in a picture now at Munich ( Fig . 19 ) . The idea of Christ being thus carried is ...
Page 37
... paint a St. Christopher as the bearer of Christ , but that he of his own accord thus dilated on the subject . Both these pictures , the Elevation and the Descent from the Cross , have only occupied their present positions since 1816 ...
... paint a St. Christopher as the bearer of Christ , but that he of his own accord thus dilated on the subject . Both these pictures , the Elevation and the Descent from the Cross , have only occupied their present positions since 1816 ...
Page 38
... paintings and not invariably as Mary Magdalen . It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no resemblance whatever ...
... paintings and not invariably as Mary Magdalen . It has often been stated that this very Flemish type of beauty is that of the artist's first wife ; but , setting aside some national Flemish peculiarities , it has no resemblance whatever ...
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