Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . s of the last century ; the originalpicture remains unequalled for its pensive poetical grace ;but it must be allowed that the idea, which at first viewstrikes from its singularity, is worse than questionable inpoint of taste, and will hardly bear repetition. There are some ex-voto pictures of the Madonna of Mercy,which record individual acts of gratitude. One, for instance,by Nicolo Alunno, in which the Virgin, a benign and digni-fied creature, stretches forth her sceptre from above,
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . s of the last century ; the originalpicture remains unequalled for its pensive poetical grace ;but it must be allowed that the idea, which at first viewstrikes from its singularity, is worse than questionable inpoint of taste, and will hardly bear repetition. There are some ex-voto pictures of the Madonna of Mercy,which record individual acts of gratitude. One, for instance,by Nicolo Alunno, in which the Virgin, a benign and digni-fied creature, stretches forth her sceptre from above, andrebukes the ugly fiend of Sin, about to seize a boy. Themother kneels on one side, with eyes uplifted, in faith andtrembling supplication. The same idea I have seen repeatedin a picture by Lanfranco. The innumerable votive pictures which represent the Ma-donna di Misericordia w^ith the Child in her arms, I shallnotice hereafter. They are in Catholic countries the usualornaments of charitable institutions and convents of the Orderof Mercy ; and have, as I cannot but think, a very THE MATER DOLOROSA. 37
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