Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . 102 The Visitation. (Cimabue.) the name of the votary who dedicated the picture, Giovan-Battista Branconio, but also as expressing the relation betweenthe two unborn Children — the Christ and his , 1224. 4. The group by Sebastian del Piombo is singularly grand,showing in every part the influence of Michael Angelo, butrichly coloured in Sebastians best manner. The figures areseen only to the knees. In the background, Zacharias isseen hurrying down some steps to receive the
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . 102 The Visitation. (Cimabue.) the name of the votary who dedicated the picture, Giovan-Battista Branconio, but also as expressing the relation betweenthe two unborn Children — the Christ and his , 1224. 4. The group by Sebastian del Piombo is singularly grand,showing in every part the influence of Michael Angelo, butrichly coloured in Sebastians best manner. The figures areseen only to the knees. In the background, Zacharias isseen hurrying down some steps to receive the Virgin. 5. The group by Pinturicchio (100.), with the attendantangels, is remarkable for its poetic grace; and this, by LucasV. Leyden (103.), is equally remarkable for affectionate sen-timent. 6. Still more beautiful, and more dramatic and varied, isanother composition by Pinturicchio in the Sala Borgia. TheVirgin and St. Elizabeth, in the centre, take each others the Virgin is St. Joseph, a maiden with a basket on Vatican,Rome. THE VISITATION. 207. 103 The Visitation. (Lucas von Leyden.) her head, and other attendants. Behind St. Elizabeth, wehave a view into the interior of her house, through arcadesrichly sculptured; and within, Zacharias is reading, and thehandmaids of Elizabeth are spinning and sewing. This ele-gant fresco was painted for Alexander VI. 7. There is a fine picture of this subject, by Andrea Sabat-tini of Salerno, the history of which is rather curious. Itwas painted at the request of the Sanseverini, princes of Sa-lerno, to be presented to a nunnery, in which one of thatnoble family had taken the veil. Under the form of theblessed Virgin, Andrea represented the last princess of Sa-lerno, who was of the family of Villa Marina; under thatof St. Joseph, the prince her husband; an old servant of thefamily figures as St. Elizabeth ; and in the features of Zacha-rias, we recognise those of Bernardo Tasso, the father ofTorquato Tasso, and then secr
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