Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 319
n Hamilton, who soldit to Lord Suffolk, in whose collection at Charlton Park it was long anornament. It was purchased from him in 1880 for ^9,000. TheLouvre picture is first mentioned as belonging to Francis I. Designsfor it are in Turin and Windsor, and in these the outstretched hand ofthe angel… … The Madonna of the Rocks. L. da Vinci. THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS 235 tainly this angel occupies a very high rank in the hierarchyof the sky ; he should, at least, possess a throne, a dominion,or a principality. The Infant Jesus draws himself up in apose that shows great knowledge of foreshortening,…
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