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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He gave to it the shape of an Ancona : the centre - panel of which represented a Miracle of St. Ildefonso , illustrating the following tradition . St. Ildefonso , Archbishop of Toledo in the seventh century , defended with the utmost ...
He gave to it the shape of an Ancona : the centre - panel of which represented a Miracle of St. Ildefonso , illustrating the following tradition . St. Ildefonso , Archbishop of Toledo in the seventh century , defended with the utmost ...
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Originally there was a lunette above the central - portion of this Ancona , representing God the Father , toward whom the Crucified One was directing his gaze : and also a predella consisting of three small pictures .
Originally there was a lunette above the central - portion of this Ancona , representing God the Father , toward whom the Crucified One was directing his gaze : and also a predella consisting of three small pictures .
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Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed as thorough a knowledge Typ : graver Hansen Fig . 31. BACCHANALIA .
Above all he enjoyed representing scenes from Antique Mythology . Indeed he would not have belonged to the educated class of his time had he not possessed as thorough a knowledge Typ : graver Hansen Fig . 31. BACCHANALIA .
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a portion of the dead monster , represented somewhat indistinctly in order not to interfere with the joyous impression of the rest of the composition ( Fig . 22 ) . More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum .
a portion of the dead monster , represented somewhat indistinctly in order not to interfere with the joyous impression of the rest of the composition ( Fig . 22 ) . More beautiful still is the other picture in the Berlin Museum .
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If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel , dated 1613 ; and another delicious little night - piece , representing the Flight into Egypt in the same ...
If we look for dates on Rubens ' pictures we may find a mythological painting of Jupiter and Callisto in the Gallery at Cassel , dated 1613 ; and another delicious little night - piece , representing the Flight into Egypt in the same ...
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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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