The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 403
age of a lamb of solid gold, weighingthirty pounds. On the right was a life-size representation of our Saviour,weighing a hundred and seventy pounds ; on the left was a statue ofJohn the Baptist of the same size ; while seven hinds of silver placed aroundthe font, and pouring water into the basin,… … Fig. 272.—Altar of Castor (a Gallo-Roman Sculpture), discovered in 1711 under the Choirof Notre-Dame, Paris. with the richness of the materials employed ; for we know, on the contrary,that in order to comply with the wishes of the powerful emperor, artists werefound who, by simple substitution of…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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