Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 275
Fig. S4. —Virgin and Child, with a prophet, who pointsto a star, fresco in the catacomb of Priscilla. Middleof the second centurv. 246 PICTORIAL ART gests one of Raphaels Madonnas, and prompts the curiousreflection that in the long interval between that unknownpainter and the Italian artists of the… … SC ULPTURE — Introductory 247 was, perhaps, no one who could draw such a group. It will benoticed that the man, who is clad in the philosophers pallium,is pointing to a star. It is not perfectly clear what the picturerepresents, but the man is commonly taken to be a prophetforetelling the birth of…
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