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Page 273
... Madonna di S. Sisto of Raphael , the Heroes of Phidias , Leonardo's Last Supper , and Scopas's group of the Niobe and her Children , belong not exclusively to Catholic Italy , nor to heathen Greece . In all places , in all times , their ...
... Madonna di S. Sisto of Raphael , the Heroes of Phidias , Leonardo's Last Supper , and Scopas's group of the Niobe and her Children , belong not exclusively to Catholic Italy , nor to heathen Greece . In all places , in all times , their ...
Page 284
... Madonna and Child , formerly in the possession of the Araciel family . The Madonna holds the child with both hands ; he reaches his hand to her chin , as if to kiss her ; his face is still turned to the spectator , towards whom she also ...
... Madonna and Child , formerly in the possession of the Araciel family . The Madonna holds the child with both hands ; he reaches his hand to her chin , as if to kiss her ; his face is still turned to the spectator , towards whom she also ...
Page 285
... Madonna holds the infant Christ on her lap , and embraces the little St. John , who kneels with folded hands to receive the blessing and caresses of Christ . In the background on the right stands Joseph , with folded arms ; his aged ...
... Madonna holds the infant Christ on her lap , and embraces the little St. John , who kneels with folded hands to receive the blessing and caresses of Christ . In the background on the right stands Joseph , with folded arms ; his aged ...
Page 287
... Madonna , painted on the wall of the upper corridor of the convent of S. Onofrio , is said to belong . It is on a gold ground : the action of the Madonna is beautiful , displaying the noblest form , and the expression of the countenance ...
... Madonna , painted on the wall of the upper corridor of the convent of S. Onofrio , is said to belong . It is on a gold ground : the action of the Madonna is beautiful , displaying the noblest form , and the expression of the countenance ...
Page 289
... Madonna with both the children can in no way be attributed to Leonardo , but is probably entirely by Perino del Vaga . A youthful Christ in the act of benediction , of the sweetest expression , is in the Borghese palace at Rome : it is ...
... Madonna with both the children can in no way be attributed to Leonardo , but is probably entirely by Perino del Vaga . A youthful Christ in the act of benediction , of the sweetest expression , is in the Borghese palace at Rome : it is ...
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