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 336
woman leans forward to kiss his withered arm.In the left-hand corner is the lion, his head uponhis paws, apparently as full of grief as the humanbeings about him. Above in the air four littleangels are flying, and through the arch behind thealtar a landscape of trees, river, and houses is s en.The… … LAST COMMUNION OF ST JEROMEBy Domenichino ; in the Pinacoteca Ubc BMnacotcca 315 young fair-haired deacon a beautiful, graceful figure.Altogether it is a work much ahead of most of thoseof the days of the decadence, and brings back fleetingmemories of the halcyon times of Raphael. Less popular but…
Vatican. Museo vaticano · Art
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