Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine arts. Forming the third series of Sacred and legendary art (1852) (14594198447)

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Title: Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine arts. Forming the third series of Sacred and legendary art
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860
Subjects: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Publisher: London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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arriage of her sister saint, the nun ofSiena, will occur to every one who has been at Florence;and there is a smaller picture by the same painter in theLouvre; — a different version of the same subject. I must content myself with referring to these well-knownpictures, which have been often engraved, and dwell more indetail on another, not so well known, and, to my feeling,as pre-eminently beautiful and poetical, but in the earlyFlemish, not the Italian style — a poem in a language lesssmooth and sonorous, but still sl poem. This is the altar-piece painted by Hemmelinck for thecharitable sisterhood of St. Johns Hospital at Bruges. TheVirgin is seated under a porch, and her throne decoratedwith rich tapestry; two graceful angels hold a crown overher head. On the right, St. Catherine, superbly arrayed as aprincess, kneels at her side, and the beautiful infant Christbends forward and places the bridal ring on her finger. Behindher a charming angel, playing on the organ, celebrates the
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