Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 155
SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART. 520 Navarre. It represents the saint in the moment of victory, just stepping forward with a buoyant and triumphant air, in which there is also something exquisitely sweet and girlish ; one foot on the wing of the dragon, which crouches open-mouthed beneath: her right hand… … St. Margaret (Intarsia, San Giovanni, Malta. Fifteenth century) 134 ful mild, and beautiful ; the hair without ornament; the simplicity and elegance of the whole figure quite worthy of Raphael, whose aim has° evidently been to place before us an allegory^ and not an action : it is innocence…
Christian art and symbolism · Christian saints in art
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