Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . ivides this group from thelower part of the picture, where, assembled on a platform,stand or kneel the guardian saints of Bologna: in thecentre, the benevolent St. Charles Borromeo, who iust about Mon. • • 1 1 1 1 1 1 • Orders. that time had been canonised and added to the list of thepatrons of Bologna by a decree of the senate; on the right,St. Dominick and St. Petronius; on the left, St. Proculus and » & l. Francis. These sainted personages look up as if adjuring G 2 44 LEGEN
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . ivides this group from thelower part of the picture, where, assembled on a platform,stand or kneel the guardian saints of Bologna: in thecentre, the benevolent St. Charles Borromeo, who iust about Mon. • • 1 1 1 1 1 1 • Orders. that time had been canonised and added to the list of thepatrons of Bologna by a decree of the senate; on the right,St. Dominick and St. Petronius; on the left, St. Proculus and » & l. Francis. These sainted personages look up as if adjuring G 2 44 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. the Virgin, even by her own deep anguish, to intercede forthe city ; she is here at once our Lady of Pity, of Succour,and of Sorrow. This wonderful picture was dedicated, asan act of penance and piety, by the magistrates of Bologna,in 1616, and placed in their chapel in the church of the Mendicanti, otherwise S. Maria-della-Pieta. It hung therefor two centuries, for the consolation of the afflicted; it isnow placed in the academy of Bologna for the admiration 26 Lamenting Angel, from an ancient Greek Fietk. OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 45
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