The Madonna in art . environment,are by no means scenes of hilarity, butrather of frugal contentment. Twosimilar works bear the title of LeMenage du Menuisier — the CarpentersHome. In both, the scene is the interiorof a common room devoted to workand household purposes. Joseph is seenin the rear at his bench, while the cen-tral figures are the mother and child. In the Louvre picture, the Virginsmother is present, caressing her grand-child, who is held at his mothers composition at St. Petersburg (Her-mitage Gallery) is simpler, and showsthe Virgin contemplating her babe ashe lies as
The Madonna in art . environment,are by no means scenes of hilarity, butrather of frugal contentment. Twosimilar works bear the title of LeMenage du Menuisier — the CarpentersHome. In both, the scene is the interiorof a common room devoted to workand household purposes. Joseph is seenin the rear at his bench, while the cen-tral figures are the mother and child. In the Louvre picture, the Virginsmother is present, caressing her grand-child, who is held at his mothers composition at St. Petersburg (Her-mitage Gallery) is simpler, and showsthe Virgin contemplating her babe ashe lies asleep in the cradle. Anotherwell-known picture by Rembrandt is inthe Munich Gallery, where again we have 128 THE MADONNA IN ART. signs of the carpenters toil, but wherethe laborer has stopped for a momentto peep at the babe, who has gone off todreamland at his mothers breast and nowsleeps sweetly in her lap. Let those whothink such pictures too homely for asacred theme compare them with thesimplicity of the Gabriel Max. — Madonna and Child. Part II. MADONNAS CLASSED ACCORDING TO THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AS TYPES OF MOTHERHOOD.
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