Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers (1907)
Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 298
s forth and is always accompaniedwith majesty. One would credit them with being made oflight and shadow. Life flows in them with brimmingbanks without the appearance of any gross clay. Enig^matic and mysterious, animated by a strange sensibility—Iwas about to say sensuality—they provoke… … ST. ANNE, r.. DA VINCI. ST. ANNE 229 violet drapery of her mantle. Her head, wound with thickbands of brown hair covered with a transparent veil, is ani-mated with a gaiety that is charming and full of youth.What is visible of her neck and breast is bare, and bare alsoare her feet. She is the axis…
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