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 century. 246 PICTORIAL ABT gests one of Raphaels ^ladoiiiias, and prompts the curiousreflection that in the long interval between that unknownl)ainter Tind the Italian artists… … SCULPTURE—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…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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