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 476
ows up behind her, stands Poverty, holding out herfinder to receive from S. Francis the marriage-ring ; Christ in person solem-nises the union, in presence of the angelic hosts (Fig. 123). On one side wesee Faith giving the ring to Poverty, and Love holding a heart towards her.In the foreground is… … Fig. 123. side groups shows how two men, one hawk on wrist and the other purse in hand,are roused from their worldliness and avarice ; in the opposite group a youngman, being warned by an angel, gives his cloak to a beggar. At the top of thepicture we see this cloak, with a model of the church,…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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