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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 477

An illustration from History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting, 1880, leaf 477
PAINTING. shield and banner, while in wait for him stand angels with the habit of theOrder, and a man with a scourge. Another warrior with a scourge drives lustout of a penitent brother ; three assistant Virtues ward off the Vices, andDeath drags a naked figure into the pit. For the third… … a kneeling Franciscan. On the left kneel a lay brother and a woman, to whoman angel points out this proceeding ; on the right a Centaur, the symbol ofpride and arrogance, is dazzled by the mirror held up by Prudence. Adoringangels close in the composition on either side, and at the top two hands…

Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval

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