Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 132
figures called Orantes. Neither theVirgin nor child is encircled with the nimbus, but the sacred We give this and a few other photographs to convey to the uninitiated some ideaof the real condition of these frescos. From the elaborate engravings and chromo-litliographs of Peret and others, entirely… … Fig. 36.—Virgin and child, from Santa Domitilla.Rome. 108 ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ART. monoijram clearly indicates the subjects. This seems to be thefirst attempt to produce any thing like a portrait of Mary Thefn-o\vin<>- taste for ornamentation is noticed in the jeweled necklace ;
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