Sirén, Osvald, 1879- · London : John Lane ; New York : John Lane company · leaf 182
here is not seated on the ground, but on a marblethrone with a niche-like back. She is holding theChild, perfectly nude, upright upon her knee. He isshuffling his feet in rather a fidgety way, shiveringin his nakedness, turning at the same time to theleft, and stretching out his right hand in… … O >a < A LATE GOTHIC POET OF LINE stiff fingers, wrapping the ends of her veil roundhis loins, but otherwise, curiously enough, she ispaying no attention to the object of the Childsbenediction. The most likely assumption is thatthis Madonna formed the central panel in analtar-piece in which…
Donatello, 1386?-1466 · Spinelli, Parri, 1387-1452 · Art · Art and religion
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