The study and criticism of Italian art : second series (1902)
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 · London : G. Bell and sons · leaf 112
he Child is of the type that we find in such a characteristicwork of Mantegnas middle period as Mr. Monds Holy Family.The Madonnas right hand is long and slim—the hand Mantegnahas in common with the young Giambellino—like the hand ofthe young woman in the Circumcision of the Uffizi triptych.The… … [British Museum THE MADONNA AND CHILD MB wmm ANDREA MANTEGNA 53 the marked traits of this drawing. The technique isone aiming at light and shade alone, and the line iscompletely subdued to this end. Look at any line.It scarcely exists by itself. It is a series of meeting-points between a mass of…
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