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Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)

Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 275

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is St. Ursula(Fig. 171), protecting hereleven (thousand?) virginsunder her mantle. Graceand sweetness are in theattitude of the saint and atender, loving expression onher face. It was a quaint,almost childish, idea tocrowd her maidens soclosely around her, andyet ^lemlinc has given areal feeling of… … Fig. 171.—Memlinc. St. Ursula and MaidensHospital of St. John, Bruges, Belgium. HANS MEMLINC M7 sacristan with the greatest reverence shows tlie little chapel inthe Church of St. Ursula, at Cologne, where the bones of theeleven thousand virgins decorate the walls and ceiling. jMemlincs landscajjes…

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