RubensVelhagen & Klasing, 1904 - 168 pages |
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Page 130
... whole scene the indescribeable charm of exuberant gaiety . It is easy to recognize in the centre of the com- position the lovely features of Helena Fourment , radiant in youthful grace . She can also be traced as the original of a ...
... whole scene the indescribeable charm of exuberant gaiety . It is easy to recognize in the centre of the com- position the lovely features of Helena Fourment , radiant in youthful grace . She can also be traced as the original of a ...
Page 139
... whole work . In the Collection at Windsor there is a sketch for the picture of the Battle of Nördlingen , whilst three architectural sketches are in the Museum at Antwerp and six at the Hermitage . Among the latter there is the sketch ...
... whole work . In the Collection at Windsor there is a sketch for the picture of the Battle of Nördlingen , whilst three architectural sketches are in the Museum at Antwerp and six at the Hermitage . Among the latter there is the sketch ...
Page 142
... whole in the shape of a castle with a court - yard , an orchard of fruit - trees , a drawbridge and a high mound with a tower on the top . Besides a lake enclosed by the estate there are various farmbuildings , sheds , stables and other ...
... whole in the shape of a castle with a court - yard , an orchard of fruit - trees , a drawbridge and a high mound with a tower on the top . Besides a lake enclosed by the estate there are various farmbuildings , sheds , stables and other ...
Page 144
... whole width of the picture ( Fig . 111 ) . Still more powerful in its effect is another rainbow landscape in the Louvre . Here the storm is approaching from a distance . Dazzling rays of sunshine are breaking through masses of cloud and ...
... whole width of the picture ( Fig . 111 ) . Still more powerful in its effect is another rainbow landscape in the Louvre . Here the storm is approaching from a distance . Dazzling rays of sunshine are breaking through masses of cloud and ...
Page 152
... whole . A few weeks later Gerbier wrote to England : " Jordans now is the finest painter in Antwerp . The one who surpassed him is dead " ! In a friendly letter which Rubens wrote in April 1640 to the sculptor Franz Dusquesnoy in Bonn ...
... whole . A few weeks later Gerbier wrote to England : " Jordans now is the finest painter in Antwerp . The one who surpassed him is dead " ! In a friendly letter which Rubens wrote in April 1640 to the sculptor Franz Dusquesnoy in Bonn ...
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