The Madonna in art . n a bunch of grapes which sheholds in her hands, and which she hastaken from a basket standing on the floorbeside her. Long, waving hair falls over 122 THE MADONNA IN ART. her shoulders ; a snowy kerchief is foldedprimly in the neck of her dress; sheis the impersonation of virgin baby boy stands on her lap, nestlingagainst his mother; his eyes fixed onthe fruit, his eager little face glowingwith pleasure. Beyond are seen the cat-tle, which Joseph is feeding. He pausesat the door, a bundle of hay in his arms,to look in with fond pride at his youngwife and her ch
The Madonna in art . n a bunch of grapes which sheholds in her hands, and which she hastaken from a basket standing on the floorbeside her. Long, waving hair falls over 122 THE MADONNA IN ART. her shoulders ; a snowy kerchief is foldedprimly in the neck of her dress; sheis the impersonation of virgin baby boy stands on her lap, nestlingagainst his mother; his eyes fixed onthe fruit, his eager little face glowingwith pleasure. Beyond are seen the cat-tle, which Joseph is feeding. He pausesat the door, a bundle of hay in his arms,to look in with fond pride at his youngwife and her child. Schongauers work belongs to the latterpart of the fifteenth century, and therewas nothing similar to it in Italy at thesame period. It is true that Madonnas indomestic settings have been attributed tocontemporaneous Italians, but they wereprobably by some Flemish hand. Giulio Romano, a pupil of Raphael,was perhaps the first of the Italians togive any domestic touch to the subjectof the Madonna and child. His Ma-. Raphael. — Madonna dell Impannata. IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT. 125 donna della Catina of the Dresden Gal-lery is well known. It is so called fromthe basin in which the Christ-child standswhile the little St. John pours in waterfrom a pitcher for the bath. Anotherpicture by the same artist shows theMadonna seated with her child in theinterior of a bedchamber. This was oneof the discoveries of the late SenatorGiovanni Morelli, the critic, and is in aprivate collection in Dresden. To Giulio Romano also, according torecent criticism, is due the domestic Ma-donna known as the Impannata, andusually attributed to Raphael. It is prob-able that both artists had a hand in it,the master in the arrangement of thecomposition, the pupil in its bed at one side is concealed by a greencurtain. In the rear is the cloth-coveredwindow which gives the picture its and Mary Magdalene have 126 THE MADONNA IN ART. brought home the child, who springs tohis mothers a
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