Hans Holbein the younger . beins costume studies referred to in a The figure of the Virgin is nobly conceived. The Childflings his little arms round her neck, and presses his cheek againsthers, while she clasps him closely to her breast with both hands. Incarrying out the design, Holbein made one or two slight changes inthe position of the Child. In the finished painting the right arm isnot flung round the Virgins neck, but, instead, the hand rests in thebend of her elbow, while their cheeks no longer touch. St. Pantalus,in full ecclesiastical robes and mitre, holds his crozier
Hans Holbein the younger . beins costume studies referred to in a The figure of the Virgin is nobly conceived. The Childflings his little arms round her neck, and presses his cheek againsthers, while she clasps him closely to her breast with both hands. Incarrying out the design, Holbein made one or two slight changes inthe position of the Child. In the finished painting the right arm isnot flung round the Virgins neck, but, instead, the hand rests in thebend of her elbow, while their cheeks no longer touch. St. Pantalus,in full ecclesiastical robes and mitre, holds his crozier in his left handand stretches out the right, as though speaking. The group of smallchild-angels, three of whom blow trumpets, while four others hold asheet of music from which they are singing, is a design of the greatestcharm, the figures being excellently grouped, and drawn with the 1 See pp. 157-9. - X en H H>U uo < OnCO w H < QW HU w COCO O O Q ^.^ *1 Pi w <:O i-)w < PQ OW o I—I CO W c. ORGAN-CASE DOORS IN BASEL MINSTER 115 utmost freedom. They are sturdy little boys, with curly hair andsmall wings. One of the singers beats time with a stick, and anotherdoes so with his hand. In the finished picture this sheet of musicis inscribed with the words from the Song of Solomon — Quampulchra es arnica. The corresponding division of the left wing,representing the exterior of the Minster, is just as free and masterlya study, and the Renaissance ornament which is so cleverly adaptedto the remaining spaces is in the finest taste. This decorative fillingis not the same on both doors, and it is possible that the artistintended the church authorities to select whichever design theypreferred. The one chosen was that on the right-hand door, thoughthe design on the left-hand one with the figure of a nude child amongthe foliage, is the more beautiful of the two. The whole compositionwas admirably suited for the purpose for which it was intended, andwhen the doors were throw
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