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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49607#0036
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palisadoes and a palm-tree, and the distance is terminated by a gay
landscape where meadows and water are interspersed.
This picture is not wholly exempt from that dryness of manner
which distinguishes the works of the earlier artists : the numerous little
ornaments of the dresses, particularly the gold borders on the crimson
vest and blue mantle of the Madonna, are vestiges of the ancient school
of painting. The composition of the group, however, is agreeable;
and the infant possesses that beauty and sweetness of expression which
at all times peculiarly characterize the productions of Raffaele.
This picture is of a circular form, measuring 3 feet 4 inches in
diameter. It was originally painted on board, but has been since trans-
ferred to canvass, and formed part of the Orleans Collection.
No. 3. RAFFAELE.
The Madonna and Child, a charming little picture; executed
perhaps about the same time with the celebrated deposition of the
Borghese palace at Rome, that is, about three years after the picture
last described.
It represents one of those groups in which Raffaele seems to have
confined himself principally to the expression of reciprocal endearment
between a mother and her child.
The Virgin is sitting nearly in front, and is seen to a little below
the knees. She is looking with tenderness in the face of the infant,
who is sporting quite naked on her lap, and in his turn looking up
with fondness at his mother, having hold of part of her mantle with his
right hand.
This picture was originally on board, but has been transferred to
canvass; it measures 2 feet 71 inches high, by 1 foot 10 inches, and was
purchased from the Orleans Collection.
palisadoes and a palm-tree, and the distance is terminated by a gay
landscape where meadows and water are interspersed.
This picture is not wholly exempt from that dryness of manner
which distinguishes the works of the earlier artists : the numerous little
ornaments of the dresses, particularly the gold borders on the crimson
vest and blue mantle of the Madonna, are vestiges of the ancient school
of painting. The composition of the group, however, is agreeable;
and the infant possesses that beauty and sweetness of expression which
at all times peculiarly characterize the productions of Raffaele.
This picture is of a circular form, measuring 3 feet 4 inches in
diameter. It was originally painted on board, but has been since trans-
ferred to canvass, and formed part of the Orleans Collection.
No. 3. RAFFAELE.
The Madonna and Child, a charming little picture; executed
perhaps about the same time with the celebrated deposition of the
Borghese palace at Rome, that is, about three years after the picture
last described.
It represents one of those groups in which Raffaele seems to have
confined himself principally to the expression of reciprocal endearment
between a mother and her child.
The Virgin is sitting nearly in front, and is seen to a little below
the knees. She is looking with tenderness in the face of the infant,
who is sporting quite naked on her lap, and in his turn looking up
with fondness at his mother, having hold of part of her mantle with his
right hand.
This picture was originally on board, but has been transferred to
canvass; it measures 2 feet 71 inches high, by 1 foot 10 inches, and was
purchased from the Orleans Collection.