Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . els bear theinstruments of the passion, a mistake into which I was led by an imperfect andhasty description of the picture. INTRODUCTION. Ivli Evangelist. E. Mary Magdalene. 1. The Crucifixion, withthe Virgin and St. John. 2, 3, 4, 5. The four Evangelists withtheir books: half length. 6, 7. St. Peter and St. Paul: halflength. 8, 9, 10, 11. St. Thomas, St. Philip, St. James, andSt. Andrew ; half length. P P. The Predella. 12. The Nativityand Adoration of Magi. 13. St. Francis receives t
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . els bear theinstruments of the passion, a mistake into which I was led by an imperfect andhasty description of the picture. INTRODUCTION. Ivli Evangelist. E. Mary Magdalene. 1. The Crucifixion, withthe Virgin and St. John. 2, 3, 4, 5. The four Evangelists withtheir books: half length. 6, 7. St. Peter and St. Paul: halflength. 8, 9, 10, 11. St. Thomas, St. Philip, St. James, andSt. Andrew ; half length. P P. The Predella. 12. The Nativityand Adoration of Magi. 13. St. Francis receives tlie Baptism of Christ. 15. The Vision of St. John in Mary Magdalene borne up by angels. Between the altar-pieceand the predella runs the inscription in Gothic letters, Ave Deli-cissiMis Virgo Maria, succurre nobis Mater Pia. second example is sketched from an altar-piece painted forthe suppressed convent of S. Chiara, at Venice. It is six feethigh, and seven feet wide, and the ornamental carving in whichthe subjects are enclosed particularly splendid and 156 A. The Coronation of the Virgin, treated as a religious mystery,with choral angels. B. The Nativity of our Lord. C. TheBaptism. D. The Last Supper. E. The Betrayal of The Procession to Calvary, in which the Virgin is rudelypushed aside by the soldiers. G. The Crucifixion, as an event ;where John sustains the Virgin at the foot of the cross. H. TheResurrection and the Noli me tangere. I. Ascension. 1. Half-figure of Christ, with the hand extended in benediction: in the g Iviii INTRODUCTION. Other hand the Gospel. 2. David. 3. Isaiah. 4, 5, 6, 7. Thefour Evangelists standing. 8, 9. 11, 12. Scenes from the Lifeof St. Francis and St. Clara. 10. The Descent of the HolyGhost. 13. The Last Judgment. It is to be regretted that so many of these altar-pieces have beenbroken up, and the detached parts sold as separate pictures; sothat we may find one compartment of an altar
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