Paintings of the Louvre, Italian and Spanish (1905)
Mahler, Arthur, 1871-, Blacker, Carlos, Slater, William Albert, 1857-1919 · New York, Doubleday, Page · leaf 248
the surrounding group. There isnothing artificial here. Every face and every attitudebears the expression of individual grief because each fig-ure is differently treated. In the foreground a womanis overcome by grief, and her tears fall on the whitecloth in her hand. One Apostle, bowed with age… … Salle VI E. Hautecoeur, Phot. 1121. Death of the Virgin. — Caravaggio. And so every head, even those in shadow, is a type; theApostles are labourers, of the people. Grief has rarelybeen depicted with so much truth and in so touching a 221. PAINTINGS OF THE LOUVRE manner. It is bitter reality which…
Musée du Louvre. Département des peintures, des dessins et de la chalcographie · Painting -- Italy History · Painting -- Spain History
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