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Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of sacred and legendary art (1891)

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860, Longmans, Green, and Co · London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co · leaf 229

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. Of this last incident, the finest example I know is the picture by Le Brim : yet the sentiment, as it seems to me, is weakened, not enhanced, by the introduction of the attendant behind, who, lifting up the rich robe, shows to his companion the feet of the saint streaming with blood (he had… … St. Charles Bonomeo.

Christian saints · Christian saints in art · Monasticism and religious orders in art · Christian art and symbolism

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