Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . ts, over the doors ofhouses, and the gates of gardens, sometimes rude and coarse,sometimes exceedingly graceful, according to the period ofart and the skill of the local artist. Here the Virgin appearsin her character of Protectress — our Ladj of Grace, orour Lady of Succour. In pictures, we rarely find the Virgin standing, before theend of the fourteenth almost singular example isto be found in an old GreekMadonna, venerated as mira-culous, in the cathedral ofOrvieto, under
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . ts, over the doors ofhouses, and the gates of gardens, sometimes rude and coarse,sometimes exceedingly graceful, according to the period ofart and the skill of the local artist. Here the Virgin appearsin her character of Protectress — our Ladj of Grace, orour Lady of Succour. In pictures, we rarely find the Virgin standing, before theend of the fourteenth almost singular example isto be found in an old GreekMadonna, venerated as mira-culous, in the cathedral ofOrvieto, under the title of LaMadonna di San Brizio, andto which is attributed a fabu-lous antiquity. I may be mis-taken, but my impression, onseeing it, was, that it couldnot be older than the end ofthe thirteenth century. Thecrowns worn by the Virginand Christ are even moremodern, and out of characterwith the rest of the painting,of which I give a sketch. InItaly the pupils of Giotto firstbegan to represent the Virgin standing on a raised dais. TherePI. 117. is an example by Puccio Capanna, engraved in dAgincourts. 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 example.
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