. Florence in poetry, history and art . Madonna GranducaPitti Gallery Raphael. Madonna of the Goldfinch(Madonna del Oardellino) Raphael Raphael. Forth from Urbinos gate there cameA youth with the angelic nameOf Raphael; in form and faceHimself angelic, and divineIn arts of color and design. —Longfellow. He left in the galleries many of his famousMadonnas, among which are the Granduco, be-cause the grand duke owned it, and carried itwith him whithersoever he went, giving it thesobriquent of the wanderer; the Cardellino,or Madonna of the finch, from the finch in thechilds hand—the finch in art t
. Florence in poetry, history and art . Madonna GranducaPitti Gallery Raphael. Madonna of the Goldfinch(Madonna del Oardellino) Raphael Raphael. Forth from Urbinos gate there cameA youth with the angelic nameOf Raphael; in form and faceHimself angelic, and divineIn arts of color and design. —Longfellow. He left in the galleries many of his famousMadonnas, among which are the Granduco, be-cause the grand duke owned it, and carried itwith him whithersoever he went, giving it thesobriquent of the wanderer; the Cardellino,or Madonna of the finch, from the finch in thechilds hand—the finch in art typifying sacri-fice; and the della Sedia, or Madonna of theChair. Is it in grace maternal she excelsOnly, or sumptuous womanhood mature,This lady of sultana-like coiffure?Nay, her dark eyes are thoughts divinest wells;Nay, on her lips the lilies perfume dwells,The seal of the angel: doth it not endureImmortally here, impressed on none less pureThan, in her arms, the Child-Emmanuels? See, not less tender, less to be adored, This other Mary: child-eyes wonder-wide At her
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