The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 261
248 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS the Magi adoring the Infant Christ in the arms of the Virgin. At its entrance, over the door, two small figures of prophets in high relief occupy the pendentives. They are full of alert awkwardness and sharpness of line, and their counterparts by Niccola Pisano… … Angle of Ciborium at S. Cecilia, by Arnolfo. tne drapery is flow- ing and classic. The heaviness of the figure is unexpected when one remembers the slenderness of those on the De Braye monument. But it has been rightly ascribed to Arnolfo for several centuries. The design of the ciborium of S.…
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