The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages (1880)
Sandhurst, Phillip T · N.Y., Worthington · leaf 128
rithing beneath her feet. God theFather is extending his protecting sceptre over her from above. The archangel,clothed in armour, is in fearful combat with the seven-headed dragon, which is en-deavouring to devour the child. Although struck by lightning, the dragon isstriving to twist his tail… … RUBENS. yg Nothing was more characteristic of Rubens than his choice of subjects fromthe mythology of the Greeks and the works of the ancient poets; and in nothing didhe display more freedom, originality, and poetry. Among his most famous my-thological pictures is the Battle of the Amazons, now at…
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