A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 224
and intercessor for mercy, whatever her posi-tion. In one instance this inscription is painted beneath her : MariaFilio suo pro Ecclesia supplicat. The Virgin and Child Enthroned (Lat. Sancta Dei Genitrix, VirgoDeipara; Ital. La Santissima Vergine, Madre di Dio; Fr. La SainteVierge, Mfere de Dieu ;… … 208 LEGENDS AND STORIES various positions, and with such differences of expression and senti-ment as must inevitably result from the vast number of artists whohave treated this subject. Its beauties are as inexhaustible as theyare indescribable, and there are few hearts that have not been…
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