History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 187
. Abraham m theact of offering up Isaac typifies the deatli of Christ. David as conqueror is also a type of Christ. Daniel naked m the lions den, and the three young HISTORY OF PAINTING. men in the fiery furnace, are symbols of trust in the divine help in time ofneed. Christianity has also a class… … Fig. 41. themselves ; for instance, the imposition of hands by the priest, or the conse-cration of the bread, with the emblematic fish lying beside it on the table. The every-day personage of the grave-digger, fossor, occasionally occurs ;sometimes in a modestly subordinate character ; sometimes…
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