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 40
of the Redemption/ by theFountain of Life. Above, God the Father sits enthroned between the Virgin andJohn the Baptist. It is probable that the painter worked under the advice of theologians, andthat every portion of the composition has a traditional origin ; the idea of thefountain is undoubtedly… … 12 HISTORY OF PAINTING. chalice surrounded by angels with censers and instruments of martyrdom. Tothe left of the fountain are the Prophets, in the long cloaks (Houppelandes) andvarious head-gear worn in Flanders at that period ; the Apostles on the rightare in conventional costume. Behind the…
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