Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 77
e-while, in the Virgin zvith the Fish, leaned towards the youngTobit; it is the God himself, it is the God of Justice andof the Last Day. In the most humble state of our flesh,beneath the veil of infancy, we see the terrifying splendourof infinite majesty in this picture. The divine Infantleaves… … The Sistine Madonna. Raphael. THE SISTINE MADONNA 47 employed by Raphael are of an incomprehensible simplicity.The Infant Jesus nestles familiarly in his mothers arms.Sitting on a fold of the white veil that the Virgin supportswith her left hand, he leans against the Madonnas rightarm; his legs are…
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