. The study and criticism of Italian art : second series. uction is, in con-sequence, far from satisfactory. Yet some idea ofits delicacy, its refinement, its great beauty thereader will scarcely fail to get. The Madonnaholds the Child against her left side, while twoangels with arms folded over their breasts stand by,prayerfully and wistfully. The faces have thegentleness and loveliness that characterize Child is sturdy and full of solemn dignity as heblesses. He is not nude, but dressed in one ofthose embroidered robes which Masolino loved topaint. The colouring is of a radiant
. The study and criticism of Italian art : second series. uction is, in con-sequence, far from satisfactory. Yet some idea ofits delicacy, its refinement, its great beauty thereader will scarcely fail to get. The Madonnaholds the Child against her left side, while twoangels with arms folded over their breasts stand by,prayerfully and wistfully. The faces have thegentleness and loveliness that characterize Child is sturdy and full of solemn dignity as heblesses. He is not nude, but dressed in one ofthose embroidered robes which Masolino loved topaint. The colouring is of a radiant splendour,quite unparalleled elsewhere in Tuscan painting—due in part to the amazing preservation in which wefind this work, but more still to Masolinos notedproficiency as a fresco painter. Listen to whatVasari says on this head : But Masolinos greatestmerit of all was in fresco painting. This he did sowell, toning and harmonizing his colours with suchrefinement, that his flesh parts have the utmostdelicacy that can be imagined. c Ai—i ?JCen <. % o I—I c f.
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