The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament (1892)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 226
Jesus. Giotto is one of the first who makes the Magdalen prominent at the foot of the Cross — embracing and kissing- the bleeding feet, which, in His Crucifixion, are on a level with her: where the Cross is loftier, she holds up her hands in impotent yearning, or flings them back in despair. In the… … 19" Magdalen at Foot of Cross. more seldom, as in the pictures by (Luini.) Perugino and Raphael, described in the last page, she kneels gravely, with other saints. Occasionally she appears without the grave escort of the Virgin, as in a devotional Crucifixion by Andrea del Castagno, formerly in IS.…
Jesus Christ -- Art · Christian art and symbolism
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