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Paintings of the Louvre, Italian and Spanish (1905)

Mahler, Arthur, 1871-, Blacker, Carlos, Slater, William Albert, 1857-1919 · New York, Doubleday, Page · leaf 239

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e two half-length pictures called The PenitentMary Magdalene (No. 1448), in Salle IX, and EcceHomo (No. 1447), also in Salle IX. Vulgarised byinnumerable chromo-lithographs, they continue to poison 214 PAINTINGS OF THE LOUVRE taste and kill appreciation for the really beautiful. Hehimself painted… … E. Haiitecixur, Plmt. Salle IX 1448. The penitent Mary Magdalene. — Guido Rem. both with the uplifted eyes then in vogue, made themeasily saleable. The masses took, and still take, theworst kind of affectation for the expression of deep feeling.And yet Guido Reni was an artist of real talent,…

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