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 440
pi-ness. At the foot of the throne, two angels, entirely nude,are holding a banderole, from which they are reading andsinging the mysteries of God. To the left, stand St.Augustine and St. James the Greater; to the right, St.Peter and St. Bruno. What distinguishes this picture fromthose that… … Tin; MAlONNA <>l IIIK 1IAI.I)A(J| IN. THE MADONNA OF THE BALDAQUIN 339 mathematical centre whence start equal and similarly placedrays leading to the seraphim, the angels and the saints thatcorrespond two and two. Only the Virgin, without losingany of her dignity, assumes a more human grace,…
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