Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . res of the MaterAmahilis, if that epithet can be properly applied to the dark-coloured, sad-visaged Madonnas generally attributed to , or transcripts of those said to be painted by him, whichexist in so many churches, and are, or were, supposed bythe people to possess a peculiar sanctity. These are almost allof oriental origin, or painted to imitate the pictures broughtfrom the East in the tenth or twelfth century. There are afew striking and genuine examples of these ancient Gr
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . res of the MaterAmahilis, if that epithet can be properly applied to the dark-coloured, sad-visaged Madonnas generally attributed to , or transcripts of those said to be painted by him, whichexist in so many churches, and are, or were, supposed bythe people to possess a peculiar sanctity. These are almost allof oriental origin, or painted to imitate the pictures broughtfrom the East in the tenth or twelfth century. There are afew striking and genuine examples of these ancient GreekMadonnas in the Florentine Gallery, and, nearer at hand, inthe Wallerstein collection at Kensington Palace. They muchresemble each other in the general treatment. I give a series of four drawings from genuine and renownedGreek pictures, all of which have the credit of performingstupendous miracles and claim a fabulous antiquity. Yet ofthe many miracle-working Madonnas in Italy, popularly attri-buted to St. Luke, few are either of Greek workmanshipor very ancient. Thus the Virgin of the Ara-Celi is un-. 53 Greco-Italian. 54 Greco-Italian. .ya^ ^£6.
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