Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · New York, H. Holt and Company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 140
is of wood and therefore needs nosupport) are affectedly twisted into meaningless scrolls.The figures in the niches (St. George, St. Theodore, theEvangelists, the Prophets, Judith with the head of Holo-fernes, etc.) do not deserve individual inspection. At theapex of the pediment is placed a statue… … v.] THE CHURCHES 97 three altars, with (poor) scenes from the life of the patroness,Our Lady, by Luca Giordano: her Presentation in theTemple, her Ascension, her Nativity. Over the third altarto the L. of the entrance, the Descent of the Holy Ghost,by Titian, a weak specimen of the master, much…
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