The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 259
reas Rubens is a giantwdio seizes Nature with eager hands,kisses her with an eager inouth; he is 239 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES not concerned to express the in-expressible, nor even the hiddendelicacy of things. Compare thenaked women in Giorgiones Concertwith any one of Rubens… … FIG. 465.—THE CRUCIFIXION. (Le Coup de Lance.) RUBENS. (Museum, Antwerp.) werp Cathedral, is generally, but by nomeans correctly, described as Rubensmasterpiece. This picture was paintedin 1611, directly after his return fromItaly. Tt is a magnificent canvas, butone of the least Flemish and…
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