RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 57
... perhaps the best picture he had ever painted " ; a smaller replica of the Palatine Last Judgment , - the work of a pupil which , however , might pose as an original if the master were to touch it up - ; a St. Peter with other fishermen ...
... perhaps the best picture he had ever painted " ; a smaller replica of the Palatine Last Judgment , - the work of a pupil which , however , might pose as an original if the master were to touch it up - ; a St. Peter with other fishermen ...
Page 61
... perhaps even somewhat earlier , is the Assumption of the Virgin , originally painted for the church of the Barefooted Friars ( Carmelites ) , but now in the Museum at Brussels , a work also completed entirely by himself . During the ...
... perhaps even somewhat earlier , is the Assumption of the Virgin , originally painted for the church of the Barefooted Friars ( Carmelites ) , but now in the Museum at Brussels , a work also completed entirely by himself . During the ...
Page 64
... perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great satisfaction . The picture gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful ...
... perhaps the most fascinating and executed with the most loving care . We are told that Rubens himself always spoke of this work with great satisfaction . The picture gives us an impression of joy and festivity due to the beautiful ...
Page 66
... perhaps the most powerful and im- pressive of the series , depicts the solemn consecration of the hero , which takes place beneath the shade of some splendid beeches . In the fourth act of the Drama , Decius discarding his shield mounts ...
... perhaps the most powerful and im- pressive of the series , depicts the solemn consecration of the hero , which takes place beneath the shade of some splendid beeches . In the fourth act of the Drama , Decius discarding his shield mounts ...
Page 70
... perhaps recognize a remote , and perhaps scarcely intended , likeness to Isabella Brant ; but there is no doubt that the Infant Jesus is a genuine portrait of Rubens ' second son , who saw the light in March 1618. This boy , who ...
... perhaps recognize a remote , and perhaps scarcely intended , likeness to Isabella Brant ; but there is no doubt that the Infant Jesus is a genuine portrait of Rubens ' second son , who saw the light in March 1618. This boy , who ...
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