The art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls (1903)
Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 332
rom a meteor during the siege of Foligno,an escape he credited to the intervention of Heavenitself. The picture shows him in his red mantleand cape with fur linings, kneeling in the foregroundof a landscape while the bolt is whirling across thesky. The mantle allows the full play of his arms,which… … MADONNA DI FOLIGXOBy Raphael; in the Pinacotec?. tlbe HMuacotcca 3^1 tion of Heaven to his charge, is full of dignity anda concentration that finds its strongest expression iohis deep-set, piercing eyes. The vision above, towhich they are both appealing, is that of Mary seatedon the clouds in the…
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