Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . lways attended to. Milan, Biera. 3. The altcrcatiou betw^een St. Anna and her maid Judith Ihave never met with but once, in the series by Luini, wherethe disconsolate figure and expression of St. Anna are givenwith infinite grace and sentiment. 4. The meeting of Joachim and Anna before the goldengate. This is one of the most important subjects. It hasbeen treated by the very early artists with much ?iaivete, LEGEND OF JOACHIM AND ANNA. 157 and in the later examples with infinite beauty
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . lways attended to. Milan, Biera. 3. The altcrcatiou betw^een St. Anna and her maid Judith Ihave never met with but once, in the series by Luini, wherethe disconsolate figure and expression of St. Anna are givenwith infinite grace and sentiment. 4. The meeting of Joachim and Anna before the goldengate. This is one of the most important subjects. It hasbeen treated by the very early artists with much ?iaivete, LEGEND OF JOACHIM AND ANNA. 157 and in the later examples with infinite beauty and sentiment;and, which is curious, it has been idealised into a devotionalsubject, and treated apart. The action is in itself extremelysimple. The husband and wife affectionately and joyfullyembrace each other. In the background is seen a gate,richly ornamented. Groups of spectators and attendants aresometimes, not always, introduced. In the composition of Albert Durer nothing can be morehomely, hearty, and conjugal. A hurley fat man, who lookson with a sort of wondering amusement in his face, appears. to be a true and animated transcript from nature, as true asGhirlandajos attendant figures — but how different! what acontrast between the Florentine citizen and the Germanburgher! In the simpler composition by Taddeo Gaddi,St. Anna is attended by three women, among whom the 158 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. maid Judith is conspicuous, and behind Joachim is one of hisshepherds.
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