History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 191
ceiling from the cemetery of S. Agnes,the central picture of which is the Good Shepherd of our previous illustration(Fig. 40), contains, in four rectangular compartments surrounding an Oram,or Virgin in prayer, the Fall of Man, Moses striking the rock, and Jonah sleep-ing under the gourd ; in the… … Fig. 43- centre-piece. The antechamber of the second catacomb at Naples shows inthe centre an octagon, with a hovering Victory holding a palm-branch. Theskilfully divided outer compartments contain winged genii with banderoles,female figures winged and hovering, masks, vases of flowers, vines,…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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