Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-16


Repentant Magdalen,'' despoilinr herself
of hire jewels. This picture is from a
celebrated gallery at Seville, and is about
two hundred years old.
10 the right, as You enter the gallery,
are two companion pictures No. is st.
Augustine and other Fathers of the
Church,. No. > is st Jerome and other
Fathers of the Church, both painted bv
Francisco Herrera. the elder, about the
Year 1920 (the year of the landing of
JLe Pilgrims at Plymouth) and are two
hundred and fifty years old. Both these
pictures were painted for the famous Cont
vent OF St Jerome, at Seville. Near o.
these hang two elegant landscapes, painted
by Herrera the younger, nearly two
hundred Years since.
One of the most striking paintings in
this gallery is No. Is, The Madonna.
with the Dead Christ in har arms" One
gazing upon this picture can scarcely for
get it afterward, The ayony Anutitrubie
which the artist has depicted in the face of
Mary, his mother, as she receives the
body OF her .on and Saviour, AS it is taken
from the cross, Is enough to bring tears to
every eye, and to break the hardest heart
The expression and impression Of this pic
ture is indelibly fixed upon my mind and
memory No description can do it Justice
1t is not a picture to possess by itself, but
III II !,
only with sadness, and deep sympathy
with the suffering mother. turned from
it with awe ana reverence, ~ we'll rs
tender sympathy. and | seemed to get :,
clearer view of what it cost to secure the
" Great Salvation.' The coloring Of thi,
picture is, & would savD p,rf,n. The
deadly pallor of the Slviour's body is in
wonderful and striking contrast with the
Madonna'S : face, arms and hands. through
which still courses the tide Of health and
life. This is 4 picture, which. if once
seen, can never bc forgotten. 1t i, from
the Spanish gallery at the Louvre and
named Th" Divine, about the vrar l.55".
making this printing nearly three and a
quarter centuries old. Just t. the right
of this latter painting is one th,t ranks
frN' in antiquity. though not in monetary
value, viz, " Tho Holy Family" painted
by Fra Sebastian dol riombo. about the
year 1:,24. making the aye Of this paint
in= three hundred and fifty wears. The
~il,. of this picture must be about ciyht
feet by four tc'.t and the coloring peculiar.
Il bears evidences of agr, anl efforts to
r <'ors il to il original clearnc.s and
beauty have been bat partially successful.
While we remember that il w:.~ in existence.
i hundred vr'Ir> prior to the ilndinr of
the Pilgrims. in existence in the r,.iyn Of
Henry VIII of England, and when LIT her
WI, championIng the Reformation, We
cannot be surprised ;.t it. very respectable
but somewhat antiIuated aplrar.cncc
None tn" less valuable, however, There
are fortv-two other pictures, ;.n -ir,,t and
modern. sacred and secular i'll this COLLEGE
tion. which We cannot mention At length.
But t. thrm is to enjoy 4 treat not
often offered on this side the Atlantic.
But this i, not all that is mprchcndcl in
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1t Is loaned to the M"~eun- liI@hi
tWrnty-thr'e f'tt; "Id'h tWrn'y-sx feet.
Thc Iou.{on Art ,12,lr,4u1 say. in REFER
irncn 10 fine cartoon. We must look at
tb. as-.mbI,oc as Grand commcmora.
,ion. in fine spirit. Of the vicis,jtudrs and
etrurrIcs of III. E.fornation from TN,
r;ein,, uf its morninr star ,VirkIitral IN
the cessation "i "hoieSAl" persecution on
account OF reii@I"n> Opinions Inc As
s'mbly Is represented rs beng heId IN "ll
imposing INTERIOR that OF Il cathedral OF
first class The va: eHpanSe Is tfronS-
ed with groups Of men IN every variety OF
picturesque costume all earnest IN the
, business IN hand- ha''lhach has not
only represented the men OF the Ke1orma-
ton proper. such as Luther, Iwin@li, Me
lancthon, CALVIN. but also thoS" early
church reformerS' VINO hcr'lded their
coming. and prepared their way. Among
tile llnmanI9fs are fc'r@rch' Erasmus etc.
Among the artists Angelo raphael pu-
rer. etc. Among the authors, Sflakcspcare