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 446
; with one hand it reachesup caressingly to her chin, and with the other holds a rosary as if in play (Fig.114). On the wings appear SS. Catherine and Barbara, and outside, in aslighter manner, a Mocking of Christ. In purity and tenderness of expression,in loving sweetness of sentiment, innocent… … KA.v.ft eflC/M^Wci Fig. 114. The gem among them all is a small 4i6 HISTORY OF PAINTING. This poetic feeling comes out with peculiar force in some purely idyllicpictures of the Madonna, for the design of which unexpected and delightfulsituations are invented, particularly in pictures intended not so…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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