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C 7 r J lAs lA's r F An L r CoFre to io r Heyer el z HE Dresden Gallery Gallen- Is Js considered by bythe bythe bythe THE the best critics one of oC the gre great t galleries of oC Europe It Is the rival of Dt tho the and ond in Florence Like these two galleries It contains some somo of or the hc valuable masterpieces s of oC the tho great reat Italian Hallan masters One of ot the most fa famous famous famous fa- fa of ot these is the birth of Christ In Inthe the manger mang-cr b by called the Hol Holy Night Corre lo was one of or the foremost Italian painters of ot the tho Rc Ronals- Ronals nals- nals tance sance and he achieved one of or his real masterpieces in this painting It represents represents rep rep- re resents the birth of the tho Christ-child Christ In Inthe Inthe inthe the manger with his mother bending bonding over him with Ith adoration Tho The light ht from the infants infant's eyes oes lights up the mothers mother's face tace and peace and jO Joy aron aro ar on her countenance Joseph stands there watching his infant with paternal pride which ho shares with his mother find and sister The coming of ot the tho Christ Christis is heralded b by a group of oC beautiful angels hovering overhead who vho are arc there thereto to guard his coming cominS' The wise men have already heard the stor story and are aro coming coming- to see sec ce the wonderful child They are me coming from afar to proclaim him king Though enough it is still night the mysterious mysterious mys mys- birth Illumines the simple and humble bumble place which has an air of ot jO Joy and contentment In spite of ot its poverty represents the tho solemnity and the simplicity of ot the place with th consummate consummate consummate con con- summate art He lie tells the tho story without without without with with- out wishing to reproduce an any startling effect The same story Is told in Raphael's masterpiece the Madonna tl onna Enthroned 13 many man man- critics this is held tho most valuable painting in the tho gallery gaUer and thousands thousands' of strangers como come to Dresden Dresden Dresden Dres Dres- den to see sec th this s much prized picture In Jn this painting the most tender beauty is woven with mysterious vision Islon It gets ets Its name from the monastery monaster of ot Benedictines s at for whom hom the picture was painted It shows tho the Virgin ln and the Child In the middle with St. St Sextus on the right and St. St Barbara on tho left and with the cherubs under under- nea neath tho thoo I o The curta curtains ns have ha been drawn apart and the Virgin appears coming from heaven holding her child In her arms She Is not pressing him to her breast but holds him as ae though she wished z do 8 ed 8 I to sa say He Is not mine he is yours yours- yes res h he belongs to humanity Thero Is an expression of ot contentment and supreme intelligence enco seen on tho the faco face of at mother and child It were difficult to find another picture where the jO Joy of at motherhood and the innocence of ot childhood arc are more moro happily shown Tho beauty of this picture is hel heightened by the cherubs who are arc looking upward in adoration It Is said that these aro arc the tho most beautiful cherubs In the world t and certainly It would bo be bohard bohard hard to find any that are arc lovelier lo A Amore Amore Amore more serious note is given b by the saints who are protecting and In adoration before before be be- fore ore th the mother and child St St. Barbara noels enrols before them with Joyous heart and Sextus with hol holy reverence The glory of ot this picture Is also In Its splendid did coloring The Madonna's robes are Green and red symbolic of hope and love Jove St. St Sextus wears ears the royal rojal purple of oC the church and St. St Barbara in blue is tho the symbol of at purity purit I In charming contrast is a copy COP of ot Raphael's lovel lovely Madonna della Bella Sedia or th the Madonna seated in the ch chair lr The original is in Italy but hut this Is considered the finest copy ever made Mary lary Is seated 5 In a chair holding hoMing her Infant in her arms and with the baby babp John resting against her knees knee Christ is nestling close to his mother and the Infant John looks at him with wonder and It were hard to find another picture anywhere that has na so 80 much of the thc human note and still i It lacks lacks' the tho Intelligence arid and power found In the tho other Raphael Madonna Among the earliest representations of oC the Hol Holy Night r none is more unusual than Lorenzo dl di Hol Holy Family Christ Is typified as resting In the manger manser sleeping on a bed of or straw His mother is shown kneeling before beCore him with eyes Ces bent low and hands clasped In prayer The Infant Is playing playIng playIng play- play Ing with a straw unconscious of or his mothers mother's joy jO Joseph seated outside is guarding his family In the background background background back back- ground Is the river Tiber spanned b by beautiful bridges Beyond are the seven great hills on which tho the city Is built The picture Is painted with exquisite ex exQuisite exquisite ex- ex color colo and with that peculiar delicacy so typical of ot the thc Italian painters The Tho same theme Is treated in much the same wa way In a a. beautiful picture b by Giacomo Francia only the tho background background back back- ground round is omitted and the figure CIure of ot John Is used Instead When this was bought for the gallery It was supposed to have been a work of oC The Thc Madonna and the tho children show love lo and hum humility iii t but their faces have havea a str strength n th and determination that Is shown In fe few of the tho studies of oC the tho Madona l and the thc Child A companion study for Cor strength and character is seen In the H Hots' Hots y Family of Andrea Mantegna The holy family have havo been visited b by Elizabeth and the little John They are all overcome by bythe bythe bythe the reverence they have for tor tho the Christ Christ- child Still every face tace Including those of ot the children Is depicted depleted with character char char- acter and anel unde understanding The figures arc are taken out jut of ot the mystical l Into the thereal thereal thereal real and human In another mother of Lorenzo dl di pie plc- piC-I piC f I a tures turcs Mary Diary lar Is seen holding her bah baby and little John Is kneeling before them In hol holy adoration The Tho Infant Christ Christis is looking at nt St St. John in wonderment and still as though he felt a kinship The mother is looking down In humility and praying The pose of at the Madonna Is 15 so sweet and humble and the children children children chil chil- dren are arc so human the they suggest man many of oC Botticelli's masterpieces One of or tho the oldest studies of the birth of ot Christ is seen in tho the work of Al- Al becht Durer the great painter from rom Nuremberg The Thc picture Is valuable because because because be be- cause It gives Alves the earl early German conception conception con con- of or the birth Though not beautiful Judged by our modern standards standards standards stand stand- ards it has lias strength in form and con con- Marla Maria is Js s shown o n as a typical German mother praying to her newborn newborn newborn new new- born child On one side of her is the holy Sebastian and the tho holy Antonious on the thc other Another lovel lovely study Is Palma Vecchio's Vec- Vec chlo's chios Madonna and Child with John the Baptist and St St. Catherine Though one of oC the tho artists artist's earliest works work it breathes with wonderful sincerity As one critic says There Is so much loveliness in the tho serene rapture of ot St. St Catherine such sprIghtliness In the Virgins Virgin's ln's f yo ye 0 and a n meaning so earnest earnestin in the thc glance of or John the Baptist that we d dwell weB with pleasurable sensation on each tl figure of or the thc group and wonder wonder wonder won won- der at the which It creates When it comes to the thc handling of or color color col col- col- col or r with a masters master's stroke Van Eyck Eck I tn S t 1 11 if i iL L k It y J l y p. p 3 l lI a yr rt I j rr 1 q t 1 Ire M I 1 r c cb b t D tr I t J del pr Gy y I L rew l fi to O o n n c outstrips them all This Is shown In his picture of ot the Madonna with St Catherine Catherln and St Michael The picture picture picture pic pic- ture is done with a variety varlet of or colors but b bv by some indescribable power the theare they are blended together In a common whole whole- In the hack background round behind St. St Catherine Is one of ot Van f Eyck s 's a charmIng charmIng charming charm- charm Ing miniature landscapes Alon Along the same samo line Is Hans Holbein's Hol Holbein's Hol- Hol beins bein's famous painting of ot the Madonna holding the Christ child in her arms with a German erman Burgomaster ster Meyer and his family adoring them The Madonna Is represented as a young oung virgin with her blond hair streaming down her shoulder her high noble forehead i IT is encircled with a go golden den crown She Is dressed in a a. handsome velvet robe which is in striking contrast with her lovely lovel tawn tawny hair The infant Christ Christis is represented as a new born babe restIng restIng resting rest- rest Ing on his mothers mother's shoulder He seems perfectly unconscious of ot the adoration which the they are arc giving him To the right Is tho the Burgomaster Meyer and his two children worshiping before the Madonna On the othor other side arc his wHo and two nuns who are also bowed In adoration The figures are beautifully beautifully beautifully fully poised the classic beauty Is In Increased Increased Increased In- In creased further by the tho dignity and air of ot reverence The Tho picture is kept In dark lark tones which further enhances its classic beauty This study is even oven more interesting when compared with Murillos Murillo's Madonna and Child because Murillo was a R. SpanIsh Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish painter and gave his Madonna a happy conception She Is shown as a Spanish mother dressed with a a. rich blue robe and a white scar scarf thrown her head over Her complexions complexion i In marked contrast with her rl rich t hair and dark dreamy eye eyes dressed In a dark blue gown wh R In lovely contrast with her fair dark rk hair and eyes Cur ChI tl shown as a healthy health baby a p Il Spanish type with light hair and oyos yes Though the tho m mother othe r is engi In silent allent devotion proud of her He is a 11 happy Bab Baby with no Idea responsibilities that are to be His HIli da day Tho The story Is told with Ith an t It charming charming- simplicity N g In the Titian Madonna Mary is II e 6 holding her child chUd In her arms T 1 left Jeet of oC her is John the Baptist o 0 o. o right rl are Mary Magdalene ra Paul I The Tho tl figures figures res of ot the tha women are aro J kept ept In the foreground the tho others are in deep shadow Ma Magdalene dalene stands before beCore Mary 1 la a while Marys Mary's countenance compassion and and love The same Is seen on the face of her infante picture Is done dono In Titian's brood broad The two women are aro contrasted b baft fully Mary Iary Magdalene is the tho b brul be ful rul blond with that wonderfully nl hed hair that made mado the artis mortal having wonderfully soft and a fair fall complexion Mar Mary iry la Is dark typical Italian type which artist also knew how to represent has rich dark hair black eyes u aa olive olivo complexion so natural to countrywomen The two types are beautifully balance against the other Still SUll It rises rises' mere more beauty aa as is seen In the h hi expression on the face tace of ot the m tn mand mand and the Child Child- 1 |