Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers / edited and translated by Esther Singleton (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, Morse, Alice C. (Alice Cordelia), b. 1862, binding designer · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co · leaf 392
e thief whose limbs are breaking; the next theChrist, whose figure is straighter than ordinary, as a con-trast to the others ; and the furthermost, the penitent thief:this produces a most picturesque effect, but it is what fewbut such a daring genius as Rubens would have attempted.It is here, and… … rill < i: I < 11 I THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST 303 The horseman who is in the act of piercing the side ofChrist, holds the spear, according to the print, in a verytame manner, with the back of the hand over the spear,grasping it with only three fingers, the fore-finger straight,lying on the…
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