Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 · London, G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 26
by a young womanwith a bald forehead and puffed cheek, a toothlesssmile, blear eyes, and furrowed throat. The uncanny,anile apparition plays with a child who looks like ahollow mask fixed on inflated body and limbs. Thehands are wretched, the folds purposeless and fussy,the colour like whey. And… … {Hermitage, Petrograd. THE BENOIS MADONNA - LEONARDO II Of course there remains something to be said indefence, in extenuation and in explanation; and atthe end there may appear a Leonardo quite dif-ferent from the sorcerer held up by an uncriticaladmiration. But first I feel called upon to meet…
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