. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. CHARITV. In the Louvre. The Adoration of the THE MADONNA DELLA CKSIA ,83 The Virgin, kneeling on a step, raises her hands with a gesture ofadoration over the Babe, who lies before her on a linen clothlaid over a bundle of straw. The light is concentrated chiefly on theradiant little body of the naked Child, and the head and hands ofthe Madonna, but there is a want of fusion and equality in thegradations of her head. The folds of the draperies are broadly treated,but betray a certain amount of effort, and the chord of
. Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time. CHARITV. In the Louvre. The Adoration of the THE MADONNA DELLA CKSIA ,83 The Virgin, kneeling on a step, raises her hands with a gesture ofadoration over the Babe, who lies before her on a linen clothlaid over a bundle of straw. The light is concentrated chiefly on theradiant little body of the naked Child, and the head and hands ofthe Madonna, but there is a want of fusion and equality in thegradations of her head. The folds of the draperies are broadly treated,but betray a certain amount of effort, and the chord of colour struck bythe red robe, the blue mantle, and its pale green lining, does not vibratein perfect harmony. The colour, indeed, is the weak point in thispicture, but, on the other hand, the composition and action are al-together delightful! The Babe (a masterly essay in foreshortening)reveals his instinctive emotion in the agitated gesture of the littlearm he stretches out to his mother, while she, hanging over him,unclasps her exquisitely rendered hands, which seem to exclaimeven more eloquently than her face :
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