Raphael: His Life And Works. With Particular Reference to Recently Discovered Records, And An Exhaustive Study of Extant Drawings And Pictures
Raphael: His Life And Works. With Particular Reference to Recently Discovered Records, And An Exhaustive Study of Extant Drawings And Pictures
Crowe, J. A. (Joseph Archer), 1825-1896
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202 EAPUAEL: HIS LITE AXD "VVOBKS. [Cii-vr. IV. hose, a green mantle, annoui* inlaid with lapis lazuli, a blue and gi-con coat, and a red shield. The gii-1 to the left wears a blue diess and skii't bordered with red, yellow sleeves with a gi*een lining, a sword in a green sheath, and a book with red edges and a blue binding. The maid to the right with corals in her hah*, across her bosom and roimd her Avaist, a yellow- broAMi veil, a sky-blue timic with deep blue borders and golden lights, cher...ry sleeves and red 2)ctticoat, all these colours, set in proj^er quantity and juxta-position, fonu a radiant chord such as only Raphael in the Peruginesque time coidd produce. Behind the sleep- ing knight the slender trunk of the laurel with its few leaves rears itself against the clouded sky which changes to a yellow haze, where it meets the distant hills of the Perugiau lake district. The touch, the tone, the graceful lines, the youth of the knight and his companions are all reminiscent of the period when Paphael finished the predella of the " C oronation " at the Vatican ; the maid with the myrtle blossom is cast in the same mould as the A'irgin of the '' Annuncia- tion," the " Presentation," or the " Epiphany."* At the period when Raphael composed " The Dream of the Knight " lie probably also i)ainted " The Sacri- fice of Cain and Abel." It seemed as if the patrons ♦ London National Gfillery.
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