Hulin de Loo, Georges: Early Flemish paintings in the Renders Collection at Bruges: exhibited at the Belgian Exhibition, Burlington House, January 1927 (London, 1927)

vision not only the Cross, but also the pillar, the ropes,
the scourges, and naively standing out from the gold back-
ground, all those thousand details which illustrate the different
moments of the painful torture : the lantern used in the
Garden of Gethsamene, Saint Veronica’s veil, the heads of
the executioners and of the soldiers, the cock, the hammer
and nails, Judas’ purse, Pilate’s ewer, the spears and the
sponge; at the bottom, near the sepulchre, the chalice and
the cup of gall, the dice and the garments which had been
The execution of the painting is on a level with the
conception; the charm and the intensity of the colouring with
its softly blended shades, have contributed by their very
sweetness to make of this work of piety and exaltation a work
of art of a quite special emphasis. * 1-1 ——r——
We have here a remarkably fine specimen of those very
rarely attained results, in which the deep and ardent feeling of
the artist is seconded by complete qualities of technique and
workmanship, which have enabled him to express with great
happiness the full extent of his dream. * 1—■——j--

SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY

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