But listless as he lounges there, rather baffled on the aesthetic question, and guilty of the damning fault (as we have lately discovered it to be) of confounding the merit of the artist with that of his work (for he admires the squinting Madonna of the young lady with the boyish coiffure, because he thinks the young lady herself uncommonly taking), he is a sufficiently promising acquaintance.
"The Madonna, yes; I am not a Catholic, but I want to buy it.
"Oh, it shall be finished in perfection; in the perfection of perfections!" cried mademoiselle; and to confirm her promise, she deposited a rosy blotch in the middle of the Madonna's cheek.
Nioche cast a significant glance at his daughter's Madonna.
Mademoiselle Noemie had collected her accessories, and she gave the precious Madonna in charge to her father, who retreated backwards out of sight, holding it at arm's-length and reiterating his obeisance.
Never had that lady seemed a more tempting subject than at that moment, seated there like some sensuous
Madonna, with the gleam of the fading day enriching her splendid color.
He pointed to the picture of the
Madonna, the upper part of which represented the conventional cherubs of Italian Art, celestially provided with sitting accommodation for their chins, on balloons of buff-coloured cloud.
In Venice I have seen a fisherwoman come in, barefoot, throw down her basket of fish by her side, fall on her knees, and pray to the
Madonna; and that I felt was the real faith, and I prayed and believed with her.
Andrea Cavalcanti, the young man in a black coat, looking at Murillo's
Madonna; now he is turning." This time Bertuccio would have uttered an exclamation, had not a look from Monte Cristo silenced him.
Paint us an angel, if you can, with a floating violet robe, and a face paled by the celestial light; paint us yet oftener a
Madonna, turning her mild face upward and opening her arms to welcome the divine glory; but do not impose on us any aesthetic rules which shall banish from the region of Art those old women scraping carrots with their work-worn hands, those heavy clowns taking holiday in a dingy pot-house, those rounded backs and stupid weather-beaten faces that have bent over the spade and done the rough work of the world--those homes with their tin pans, their brown pitchers, their rough curs, and their clusters of onions.
Eulalie was tall, and very finely shaped: she was fair, and her features were those of a Low Country
Madonna; many a "figure de Vierge" have I seen in Dutch pictures exactly resembling hers; there were no angles in her shape or in her face, all was curve and roundness--neither thought, sentiment, nor passion disturbed by line or flush the equality of her pale, clear skin; her noble bust heaved with her regular breathing, her eyes moved a little--by these evidences of life alone could I have distinguished her from some large handsome figure moulded in wax.
John," some Della Robbia babies, and some Guido Reni
Madonnas. For her taste was catholic, and she extended uncritical approval to every well-known name.
I have often wondered whether those early
Madonnas of Raphael, with the blond faces and somewhat stupid expression, kept their placidity undisturbed when their strong-limbed, strong-willed boys got a little too old to do without clothing.
Sharing a snap of herself wearing her Madame X eye-patch and a diamond tiara,
Madonna held her hands over her ears.
Madonna is expected to be accompanied by a 160-person entourage.
