Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . La Madonna di San Brizio. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED. 73 work; but such figures are very uncommon. In the fif-teenth and sixteenth century they occur more frequently inthe northern than in the Italian schools. This little sketch,after Martin Schon, is an A ^L ;r 35 In the simple enthroned Madonna, variations of attitude attitudeand sentiment were gradually introduced. The Virgin,instead of supporting her Son with both hands, embraces himwith one hand, and with the other p
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . La Madonna di San Brizio. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED. 73 work; but such figures are very uncommon. In the fif-teenth and sixteenth century they occur more frequently inthe northern than in the Italian schools. This little sketch,after Martin Schon, is an A ^L ;r 35 In the simple enthroned Madonna, variations of attitude attitudeand sentiment were gradually introduced. The Virgin,instead of supporting her Son with both hands, embraces himwith one hand, and with the other points to him ; or raises herright hand to bless the worshipper. Then the Child caresseshis mother,—a charming and natural idea, but a deviationfrom the solemnity of the purely religious significance ; betterimagined, however, to convey the relation between themother and child, than the Virgin suckling her infant, to L 74 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. which I have already alluded in its early religious, or rathercontroversial, meaning. It isnot often that the enthronedVirgin is thus occupied. has in his collectionan exquisite example wherethe Virsin is seated in stateon a magnificent throne undera Gothic canopy, and, crownedas queen of heaven, offers herbreast to the divine sketch, from a beautifullittle Virgin in the ViennaGallery, attributed to the
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