. Illustrated catalogue of the private collection of valuable paintings by the old masters and early English artists formed by the late Leon Hirsch of New York. width, 24|/) inches At the altar on the left the celebrant in white with ornatevestments gazes earnestly upward at the Christ wearing thecrown of thorns surrounded by a halo, leaning forward andshowing His wounds, while among clouds of incense rising allabout appear heads and symbols, Pilate washing his hands,the cock on a pillar to which are bound a scourge and imple-ments of the Crucifixion, all with a variety of color and
. Illustrated catalogue of the private collection of valuable paintings by the old masters and early English artists formed by the late Leon Hirsch of New York. width, 24|/) inches At the altar on the left the celebrant in white with ornatevestments gazes earnestly upward at the Christ wearing thecrown of thorns surrounded by a halo, leaning forward andshowing His wounds, while among clouds of incense rising allabout appear heads and symbols, Pilate washing his hands,the cock on a pillar to which are bound a scourge and imple-ments of the Crucifixion, all with a variety of color and tonsured monks in rich vestments, kneeling on the altarsteps, ujjhold the robe of the celebrant, others kneel uponthe floor with candles, and through an arched doorway a mitredbishoj) is seen descending a stone stairw^ay. Kach of thefigures—the whole composition, also—is strongly lighted, thealtar is covered with a cloth of white and green, and the churchwalls are a slate-gray and brown, their plainness offering acontrast to the affluence of color and embroidery characterizingthe garments of the assembled devotees. >>^^ c^ ,^^%C^ /t<? ex^. AJ /? yaX,^^-^^: v^ /J. / L
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