Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 276
Renais-sance. Of works in the round which wecan claim as belonging to earlyChristian art, the number is lament-ably small, and they are not of anygreat account as works of art. TheThe Good Shepherd, earliest and best of them is a smallStatue in the La- marble figure of the Good Shepherd, teran… … SCULPTURE. 25 s round the waist, the legs below the knees in cross-banded stockings and boots, a scrip suspended fromthe right shoulder. The head is uncovered, the faceyouthful; there is no attempt to idealize it. The sheeplies on his shoulders, and its legs are held in frontwith both hands.* We…
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