THE PICTURE GALLERY OF CHARLES I.
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enwrapping them, and tempering their majesty with a certain dreamy
tenderness, which constitutes their unique charm, and gives them a
place by themselves among the works of Raphael’s great maturity.
The Florence of the sixteenth century is represented by one of
Holy Family. By Franciabigio. Imperial Gallery, Vienna.
the finest of Andrea del Sarto’s altar-pieces to be seen out of Tuscany,
the Holy Family with an Angel, called at the Prado, where it is No. 385,
Asunto mistico. Here, though Andrea is as ever cold and impersonal,
his sovereign quality of style tells irresistibly. Another picture which
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enwrapping them, and tempering their majesty with a certain dreamy
tenderness, which constitutes their unique charm, and gives them a
place by themselves among the works of Raphael’s great maturity.
The Florence of the sixteenth century is represented by one of
Holy Family. By Franciabigio. Imperial Gallery, Vienna.
the finest of Andrea del Sarto’s altar-pieces to be seen out of Tuscany,
the Holy Family with an Angel, called at the Prado, where it is No. 385,
Asunto mistico. Here, though Andrea is as ever cold and impersonal,
his sovereign quality of style tells irresistibly. Another picture which
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