The Washington times., 1922-04-16

France with her brother. Yes, you
know Lazarus became the first
Bishop OF Marseilies In France.
Here. the Magdalen Is represented
In meditation. perhaps In a cell.
Various, symbols are shown, the
skull intinaating the brevity OF life.
an open book. and even In her tears
the artist has retained the senti-
ment Of Mary Masdalen by giving
her the traces OF early beauty"
Some artists. so Father Shan
dole adds. have not trusted them
selves to express the great beauty
Of the Masdalen, but have presented
her with face turned away in their
pictures. Because today Is Easter.
the Magdalen draws our peculiar
attention. for she Il was who first
recognized our Lord after He had
risen. and to her He addressed
those remarkable words. 'Noh me
tangerer' (Touch Ne not. for have
not yet aseended unto my F'atherD.
No earthly tie must hold Him backl
And SO the Masdsisn ran and told
the disciples. -
Another. sadder picture, remini.
scent of Easter. too. Is the,
scent From the Cross" by Rubens.
In a fine copy made by q Belgian
artist. and preservipg the tradi-
tional character of the original.
quality so rare in copies. This
great work In the, Cathedral, OF Our
Lady at Antwerp has perhaps
made more converts than any
other painting. so extraordinary is
its effect upon the beholder.
Georgetown has also a second copy
Of the same subject upstairs in
the rector's room. which we shall
visit later.
An authentic early work, a true
primitive. by either Fra Angelica
or Perugino, depicts the "Annun-
ciation." and shows the Blessed
Virgin about to receive the
message Of the. Archangel Gabriel,
while flying dove symbolizes the
presence Of the Holy Spirit. This
picture is indeed interesting, for
1t resembles In every particular
but one the original by Fra
Angelica in the old monastery of
San Marco. In Florence, where
Savonarola's cell, and that of Fra
Angelica, and others whose names
we still recall, may be seen today.
The detail Of difference in tho pic.
ture Is the dove, flying midway be-
tween the Archangel Gabriel and
the Blessed Virgin In our George
town painting. while there is no
dove in the other Of, Florence.
Did Fra Angelica paint them both?
Mr.. Walters has also a similar
early primitive in his rare collec-
~tion at Baltimore. possibly an
original. Our Georgetown example
is certainly an exceedingly old pic
ture. painted upon composition
spread upon a wooden panel, which
shows decided marks Of antiquity.
Almost a companion picture here
is Guercino's Saint Joseph" an
original, representing the vision of
Saint Joseph when the Angel re-
lates TO him before marriage the
prophecy assuring him OF the Wiz
gin Birth of the Emmanuel.
ASSUMPTION OF VIRGIN.
Most interesting of all, perhaps,
among the paintings. In this room
is the one attributed to Giotto. an
Assumption of the Virgin" very
lovely in color and composition,
with careful foreshortenins almost
suggestive of a later period than
Giotto, but with several extraordI-
nary features.
This picture" so Father Shan,
deIie tells us. was sent to George
town by the Propagands at Rome.
wereceived n number of paintings
from them, and this was among
the works. The Propasznda was
founded by the Borshsss, a family
later connected with Napoleon.
When our renevator at George
town was clssnins this picture. he
observed Its composition. and this
figure on the righthand side. in It's
ARRANGEMENT and tone OF color in