Nixon-Roulet, Mary F · Boston : Marlier & Co. · leaf 224
ttle St. Gabriel, lily-pure, followsin his train. The St. Eaphael is benig-nant, kindly, but more vigorous than manyportrayals of him, and, fine as he is, hedoes not appeal to us quite as doesCarlo Dolcis archangel, now in the Uffizi.The artists portrait of himself showsus a grim, hollow-cheeked,… … ACADEMY, FLORENCfc. TOBIAS AND THE ANGELS. Angels in Art He is so dreamy, that quaint oldFlorentine, that one is not surprised to seethe same element in his St. Gabriel. Hisis a young face, perfectly pure and sweet,yet with a strange glimmer of sadnesswithin the depths of the eyes, as if…
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