The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 132
t male and female figures, repre-senting deceased persons, lying in calm,serene attitudes; in the sixteenth cen-tury this type was replaced by that ofthe defunct kneeling, with hands folded in prayer, which was borrowed fromthe votive figures of donors, and lastedalmost to our own times. The… … 3 FIG. 187.—VIRGIN AND CHILD. Ivory Statuette, French.(Martin Leroy Collection, Paris.) Hainault, who worked in France, arein the Louvre. The chief masterpieces of Gothicsculpture other than church decora-tion.s, are statuettes and bas-reliefs inwood and ivory, which were oftenpainted and gilded…
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