Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . 26 Lamenting Angel, from an ancient Greek Fietk. OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 45. 27 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Ital. La Madonna Purlssima. Lat. Regina sine labe original! Nuestra Seiiora sin peccado concepida. La Concepcion. Fr. LaConception de la Vierge Marie. Gei\ Das Geheimniss der unbeflecktenEmpfangniss Maria. The last and the latest subject in which the Virgin appearsalone without the Child, is that entitled the ImmaculateConception of the Ble


Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . 26 Lamenting Angel, from an ancient Greek Fietk. OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 45. 27 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Ital. La Madonna Purlssima. Lat. Regina sine labe original! Nuestra Seiiora sin peccado concepida. La Concepcion. Fr. LaConception de la Vierge Marie. Gei\ Das Geheimniss der unbeflecktenEmpfangniss Maria. The last and the latest subject in which the Virgin appearsalone without the Child, is that entitled the ImmaculateConception of the Blessed Virgin; and sometimes merely The Conception. There is no instance of its treatmentin the earlier schools of art; but as one of the most popularsubjects of the Italian and Spanish painters of the seventeenthcentury, and one very frequently misunderstood, it is neces-sary to go into the history of its origin. 46 LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA. In the early ages of Christianity, it was usual to celebrate,as festivals of the Church, the Conception of Jesus Christ,and the Conception of his kinsman and precursor John theBaptist; the latter as miraculous, the former as being atonce divine and miraculous.


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