The art of the Vatican; a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal works of art within its walls (1903)
Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · London, G. Bell · leaf 144
form. Every curving line isfelt through the clinging robe. The colour of it isa lucent violet gray, as if woven of clouds. His faceexpresses infinite benignity, without joy, almost,perhaps, without hope. ♦ The next, the Creation of Eve, is one of the smalldivisions with the four splendid youths on… … Ube Ststine Cbapel 123 kneeling with clasped hands before the Eternal.This time the Lord is walking upon the earth hehas created, and here he is more than ever like apatriarch of the tribe of Israel. Wrapped in avoluminous garment, which he draws with onehand close about him, with the other he…
Vatican. Museo vaticano · Art
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