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closely. reveal angel faces everywhere.
at the bottom are two cherubs look
ing up, which represent simply two
children who stood and watched the
great painter and he put them into the
picture.
Second "Ecce Homo" by Guido
REM.
4 This great work is a picture of the
thorn-crowned head of the Christ,
showing the dripping blood, liberated
!. by the piercing thorns in His brow.
His eyes are turned upward and the
tenderest, saddest and most submits
sive expression sits upon His face.
The eyes are waterv and there is the
suggestion of tear in the corner of
the right eye, but the effect is not
that he weeps, but rather that He pa
tiently bears the tremendous weight
of his awful load.
Third. Christ on the Cross by
Munkacsy.
This painting moved me as no other
in this or any other gallery. 1t is set
in the darkness of night. Black
clouds stand guard in the background
Jesus hangs on the cross, His body
supported by the nails in the wood
To the right stands John, detected,
sad-faceu and helpless.
Kneeling in front and resting her
hands and head upon his feet, is
Mary Magdelene, To her left kneels
Mary Veronica, her face hidden in her
hands, while her long hair falls over
her shoulders and below her waist.
Beyond her is her mother; she
stands with hands spread apart look
ing into the face of Jesus; there is
agony in every feature of her face,
for she has just heard Him say my
God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
and she is smitten dumb in the midst
of her helplessness to aid Him or
bring one morsel of comfort in this,
the darkest hour Of His life
The Fourth, and last one take time
to mention is Christ in the Temple, y
by Hoffman.
Everybody has seen copies of this
remarkable work, but 1t is worth ev-
erything to look upon the original in
the home city of the great artist who
is still living although at the advanced
age of eighty-two years.
The goodness. purity, interest and
beauty in the Christ face, will fasci
nate and hold you in its mystic spell
The doctors of the law stand or sit
about Him and ply their questions.
On the face of some is real interest
: on others curiosity, on others specu
lation, and on yet others a forecast
of that spirit that would prosecute and
later kill this same Jesus.
My impressions OF the works of arr
we have seen to date may be set forth
; as follows: Rembrandt is known fol
} his marvellous handling of light ant
: shade as illustrated in The School O
} Anatomy"
! Raphael is renowned for the SOU
) Expression in the face of his subject.
} as particularly illustrated in his ma
: donna" and Christ Between tn,
: Thieves"
/ Rubens has made all of his worl
distinct by his use of color, the bes
illustration being his Descent from
: the Cross"
Hoffman has profited by all thes
/ old masters and so combines color
$ light and shade and soul expression
$ using and blending all that is best i
/ the various schools of art
! Dresden Is large and beautifu
e city and there are many things whic
e might command my pen, but, to u
= or to me the all-absorbing place wa
the gallery to which l have referred
S On our way to Budapest, the ne,
# place on the printed itinerary.
s We stopped off for day at Vienn
and enjoyed the stay immensely. w
5, visited the court church, in the has
5, ment of which we saw sixty-five golde
e. None, which contain as many heart
e. of royal persons who have departe
Is this 'ife
n In the royal monastery we saw, to
a. great wreaths of flowers which ha
lie been placed on the caskets of the er
e perors' wife and son (who are burie
here) by ex-President Roosevelt.
The cathedral of ST. Stephen is /
!, far the most noteworthy building
~ the city.
~ It's lofty tower is 44o feet high ar
y in my judgment rivals the famol
- tower of Antwerp for grace and beau
"a and is higher by nearly twenty-f,
- feet.
n We also visited the art gallery her
but if you would appreciate the ga
~ lery of Vienna. visit 1t before you 50
&c Dresden, however. please don't te
= the people of Vienna that said so.
:. There are few of the MASTERPIECE,
: here and nothing that really stan,
out in the world of prominence.
: JOHN WESLEY POTTER.